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THE PLEASURE PLANETBy Steve Jackson and Loren Wiseman

8m'ed tm the tHllllrt/.winnr"l:Traveller science fiction unjverse

by Marc Miller

Edited bl Andrew Hackard

Cover by Eric Reo

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CONTENTS

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Th~ hi",,,.y of Kamsii is rhe hismry rlf ,h~

Hansen (lat~r. haut-Jon~s/Hansen)family. aSolomani dan wllo f~1I from oobility ro be<:omehoTet.k""f"'r<. aM m<p. rn Mcome nohlP. hoTel·keepers with more wealth and in/loence thanwme: Duke>,~ Ha=n family dates its origins to til. so­

called "Naval Nobles" who took over key p;:>stsOn the burcaUCfaC}' of the Ziru SiIb (the GrandEmpjfl: of the Stars) when the Terrans defealedthe Vilani in 2219 and oocupied their Imperium.Verification of the detail, of Hansen hl,tory I"iorto 111<' LonS Night i, difficult. bur "'har recordshave ,urvived bellr out mo,t of the familytradition.

THE RULE OF MANRoderleo Hamen wa, an aide ro Admiral

Hiroshi ~tigarribia. Mlprernc: commluld~r of theTerran Navy during rhe lasl 'lages of rhelntcrsrcllar Wan. when the Admiral appointedhim",lf Re.genr of the Vilaru Imperium and

Protector of Tem>. in 2204, H~ru;en wasone of rhe ournumbe'e<J Tena", whugoverned the cOll<luered territ<:>rie<. andultimately received the lide Duke ofU.hld d. d r"w~r<J fur hi. luy~1

""",,ice.The family prospered greatly dur­

ill~ til" Rulto uf Man (-2204 !U -1776).and used its title and positiOllto amas,e hnge pri"le fortnne. In -2045. theHansens acquired the entire Karnsii sys­tem from the o"S,n.1 holder. a Volaninoble in rcd""ed circurmtanee,. TIle Vilanihad used the world lIS a family ll:sort. and, asidefrom ,everal palace complexes, had lefltheworld in ir, ""rural Sla1C, 1bc Il""""n., abo usedIDe world as a privlll:e ge,IaWHy (Ir W"-," cnn<.i<l<>r_

able distance from their ducal fief). and chose notto de'o'elop Kant,i; other than to ",build the Vil""ifl"lllCl' alol1g .'>olomani lines Over ,he )'~-"". thefamily was spanng in adding con,truction,. pre­farin~ to pt<:scrYC the world ln .... prestiac ~ ,tare"' p"',jb~.

THE LONG NIGlHTDuring lhe Long Night ( 1776 to 0). Karn,ii

was cut off f,oUl th" ''till of 0", ulli,"""", fm """'"lime. and inh.bitOO only by the permanenl ,,"_world sUlff ond a few mombers of the fnmily,Sovoral branches of the family ;:>rosperod else­where in the former Se<."Ond Imperium, and whenlho Syleon Federarion came into being. lhen:u"ittoiJ H..""n, won: lU pl.y. majur rulc.

THIRD IMPERIUMWhen Cko" Zhu"a.lu fuu"<J,,d th" ThinJ

Imperium. the Han<;('rtS were among his !Oppott­ers. The family had. by thor lime, bcc<>rne fonnti­cal Solomani supremacist,. and oJl!X',ed Vilaniinfluenco at the Imperial court at overy tum.

During the firsl few "CnIOnCS of the Thirdh"pc:nu,,,. U", Hauscll family a<kIctllO the palau:

romp!e""s OIl Kam'll. and began theimall-seale modification of a

few area, to mmch Terr.necologl." In many ea,c,.

tm, meant crcaliOIl of ide­aliled v~"lon, of ag,ven =ystem, some­rhing which tho Familywa, !O "hHngc in l.,eryem;.

Dy the time "f thor:ivil War (ri04 roli27.),

the head of the family.Duke Renyard Ham,cn of

U'hra. h;>d t..COrM a high_ly v"eal member of rhe

Solomani ,ympathi~er, .t theJmperial coun. Duu Renyard w"'

one of Admiral (Iator Empre"J Arhell.tra',,upporters duriuiI lhe Ci .. il W.,. A ,dati,,,latecomer to her f.clion, he wa< not r<,warded0' highly a, hc felt he de,crvcd (Renyordthuulo\ltt 10", !Jut S,-",~IL. ,huul<J h."" i><:t:" rnotk:Archduke of Anl.res). This dissatisfaction was10 combine with eh"uvini~m ro brin~ Bbour thcfamily', fall frum I:"'c~,

HISTO~V 5

B

TREASONRmyMd',""" G-... __ted boo rm-'.

bde. mel his _ rI 0U\JIIlC - buI no! lID coodjlIdgm<nl. When Arb::1llIlno' ~<cJr zmtlnJY......nM And....... Sh,id!ugm<:t (. member of theV~ani noble family who founded the mcgllC()l'j1Q­ration Zirullklll ;il;h). Duke C;;"""tnO~ angered.-*' bqan 10 pIcK Zhak'I'O\'" ...-c.i1l3lion. Theplot ..., IOOlI wlCO'Oacd, lhc rompirlklfS 1Iia1 r..II _oJ So....... cl."i,.O, ~lbe Impo:nalco:un _ sevcrdy cuRalIed. Dab GiK:amo_Slripped of h~ titIc& and !he ~......;....d rlCli. (bI:

1.las ,cpbad • Dllle t{ lJshr;o by Imelda Simalr),IItII1 e>«uted '" bllO mIlS with foot 0IIICt cooopir­~1Or:!, including hi, cklul child. PUllio. No 00ler"""mbO!) Q/'!he family ,"'ere im'ol~ - lIKleed,Zb2I<in>« prodaimcd 1Ilt rem<linclcr of1hc Homcntl'UlIXQII of -r cul\IIbiIItY md 1JlUl00J:d Ihaf IIlI!mJEri;;d IIrlnd _ be lUmPd~ Ibl!m - but

the)' fled u.. coun in fou. shame ••Dd near-_.THE: HAUT-JONESFAMILY

Giacuno', d.u~ PI:lrfiri.a. tbe olIbt >Uf­.....i., duld. IImIMrrir:d l....u. haIIe.Jone....mlllor b"oll from Aduh,l" ill theOaglldtihur. Sector. As Giacamo's hc:ir. 5bein!c,iIa/ the eoo.ml1ing ;n~~ ,n the HonoenFamily Trust, the holdine compnny that con­trolled Kamlii, AI it wu dOl ~.ll of one orOi""omu', nnhle ne«lom., Klml" "'.~ not"rIpped aWly wilh his tilles. ud EmpuorZhakiro.. IIad specifically cullfirmo:d lha. ItwooId be reoined in tlle &mil)'

MaAy tI&ibos of !he HaMcn family dIaDpIIbc:.. oames 1O".wI !he I\i:a;lIII. ..",1ciaIr:d wirhGia::amo's crimes. 1>1ost chose mut..Jollet. bethfDr <oIida/'lly with PorfirW. nnd to ~in what link;lOCi~l clout ~c.<'>"'JIIl"jc~ the barony. A rewdi~ '1Iem$t1.... of thell" hoIdlfla- in Ila tnISt.

althoush by the Inial's rczu-llrions. they 00II1doaIy d Ii<.> (IIhu farnib' iI. "4' IS. Thk <nocm­l'-'a:'IIlIrol .... h 1wl<k, ..." " _ .uaawd!lie hauI-.JonesIHmsm Family TIII5l.

REI:IEM~TION

I'<.>rtinlI and Ilcr CIlIISlnJ fuwd tbcmsd~c> witha ""CUlIiJl.I debt. a lif<:>l)'lc m.y alUld "" .......SUI'(lO"l, aoId a <iJlgk pootl plMel 31 !heir .........-.Tltarpobticll oJliana:o bad died withGiIam<.>.nw~ in lJM""'if>M al.-

HISTORV

..)'Wilen: ilIlbc Imperium ...... prdlJ mum out oftile ql__, A pland. or COlII'Se. iii. huae 1SIIl'I.

but KIll'lI;i WII amuift.l:ly low in t,utlC1lbl~

~. Sila h Yl1IIli ckys.~~of_bid Nmi '.......l a -1lmW)'."a. ..I;a:Ie •. Illd lb< =uk was~ lhc _. AU~ex~ drill"'''' ll'm:~. but ",''''' aftbem _ pin ... plemaful moup 10 tot -or1II

minute for ClIpon. 'J'ho fMlily wall ""'Y .:IoIt 10

~11Ing rtlt flWlellII all ~"UIwnlwnw",.lu bo","",d IIlIder and IIImed tfIlO a giant ram. 10 (tedC<>re $CC1(Ir.

1lwm Pnrllrllllir 00 tlY i<b or IlllTlir!llho: r",,,·ily palaces into lu~ury n:lIt:IU. The Idea was aninM"'1t _"iSS. c.lpcciaUy amonJl. the mcro:QOli!cr1r~ who en}oj'oo lhi> ell"""" to hnhncoll wllh nubil­ity, even disSraced nobiliry, The lam,ly ro:ta,ne"'e';n~nted tIIrn1xlYCll as Xt"ioe. technicll. and~ bIT. 1~y1nt ,"" gn:'OJMv.<rt ".. tilt higlJ­lOCh. hiP. «lnlrtll acx:1llIyof Kamal lOday.

The IleJ:t tmmlioo of haII-Joneles lOOk ~"1luury .-.'1)'" roooep: a SIeJl nllllw:r For CIa}'WClIIdly .-Ooeo.lhle _ aluldred near-rich...... 1I-..l _mhen of the middle dau.GrIdIWI)'. ItamIli IIXled a1b.llb'" ..., ao::mm.n-".·. for I!II: Ics -ahtly• ..t.ik -1iDRl;lhc~ ut.~ rue I!II: ndI. The: puc......... beoawy of Xamai .m.--r tourists rmmIhc...,.lda aidtullump-I (KoIph 3121. Eku;uoh2922.lftl Ouri:shi XI22). I'&:b&I: 1(IltI fclawioa~COI__den1Inlkdcm-

~ ll:irm:5uncnt of~. bul Kamsii con

linucd to.tlow a profit. 1bc lhird .enc:rahc.lIrmosed K_lCll In Ml"'iui>tt:o dr...nJ IIId lho:espww!mc~ 01-=0>. '11.. f.-lll.-.-..tiDlI ia>e:>WAI in~ ..~, bab • I ~­

it anI.. and '" ~~.,..unlor me woder.~ft,liae

e-ful~ IIId~ IOld a r-ct­CIII _a:ton IU lhe _ ~ _ rllhtlr pe:lCI.

broughc Kam."Co WIld """'"". lIIId 1lw raoul)'~ KIUIl~ dlc lI3ditiooIaI -mrd ofthe hul:pitaJity indo'''''Y in the Thim1~

A WORLD QF FUN!To'by, K.msllCo I' • large on'[IO'I,lnn.

.Ithough not up to mcSac<JrPOI"te "l.'m~, 11 0Wni!he K.HllIij ~y~m IlId rnlploy~ over 99% oi illf'Ol"ll.'1on In one w.y or ."",IIfo•. II n",'nl .1Idoptrales" ""~ n_ 0{ JIISIUlSC'"-any;n.$UI"­ollipl de'oolcd to dle 10k: las\;; oi~ miUionIoi vlS-ilon: 10 and rrom dlc Kamsii ~y<lem ea.r::h'J<'I'Il. KaussiiCo Mances _ m.fueI.. 11MatdiJwaJ cbIIir. ur lro-pitalily >elYic:Q • cYCf)'

IlllJUC In¥miIy ill Ihe c:elIlnlllu:qlaium, and ..broa&ht PI 10 bllI..- ".... lilt~ ThI fa.miIy""" abiu _5.....,.~ .1)' IlQlU::J 0Ib:r IbIIltoo:I:-colld loya;ty 10 IIle penon. ollbe £aIpelor.

and ba rdioIcd cYUY oIJcr ofnnI< """citIe-.dle lru_lll11Q bIrun,- mil II few l"i,&blhoodl..

All/lougII mwoy c:nlJcize dr oo;erall philolapllyoi KanIsilCo. few eatI dispuIe litaI the 'IelflIlIe hasheen • <:rn<l<lerIllle Itnancial """"""".

HISTOIH 7

K;tmsiJ ll; a omall world ollmmense f\alUmMIll.Uy. preserved from tl>c eate...."" de~clop­

mem d.... cllilnlL1a'i= lhe lXha" wortds of OR__by its ........ '" pn_ property. Midi of itIw booo Iittlo _hod by !be hand of H-otii...~~ III k.-n<>i ~ ,!>Itt .1ft~

wIoo~).

LANDFORMSKamsii·. surface II .. varied II Tetr.·,.

Everything from ~h.::;crs and icc<:apJ in tl>c IlOIthIv Uel>l'n~. lu:;h uupk:al Jungie'i. gta$sy s.I.I'annasond p12l11O. mountains. and valleys ... :011 ellll befound on K""';i.

NAARKHARAN

LANAMAOAKamsu's rntbel1I polar alll1IlleIll all:llds I

peninsull wclllO ll>c sou"',,'''''' II", "'llllllur.fillhen:r...., hi< I"" I.~~ of bndfOll1\Oand ehmales _n on M~ or .... conuncnI1,rM!';nlt from ,norie .1 the pole 10 tluvi~~1 al thesouthern "",. or ,'''' !'lena"lla. Penln!ula. Thel>OI1hemrno61 portlotIs of the comincnl h&Yt ba:uIletvlly modiflCd 10 resemble Tmao ccolo&iC:'l.1TII'l!'ol1)" toy ,.... inmxluc:llon or plan! and anunalhte from the pol".. and tIUI"-poIar rqr;ioDJ ofTem..~ pwoo p.Ut UI1lI1ut lhr: IIa

IIll\ .....UId~ Terru eoosyUemi. blel>dulj;canadJarI. Siberian. "-c""'.... Sundiuvi&P.-:t .-.-a.c lirer"ol) 1Up:thr:r. KiIIIV;\i(".n '­co-.t r.u. fstimo ItltIemeoo in lilt far north.lIe\ICrai "Viking~ ~;nagca aIonJ: lhc: ClIIlCm CO&St

nUl the 1'1......... A,~ulo~lC~.1UIII numornOS ".nlreparks reercallng the cooler areas or northern£uropund Asi•.

DenBBgaS PeninsufB(Denaag8S DentJkgurakB)

The~u !'eniawla eateods rrom I.1JeNllIIb~ IIlIbe lll:WIlllO well iOlIlb of1lle~Ultor. and " IIome 10 Jadzil Qowqpon and

mosl of Kllm\.iiCo's IIdntini'lrntJ~ .::enter•. The.... itillal Kalll,"i l"ol1aa (nnw "l"'" I(l ,he publicU I I(llImI silc Illd huury loel) is IocIled in lhcl'nOUIIIIins~ LwUshulii Bay.

ARINENIRI LANAMADAArincDJIi l.Iolalll_ ~. brzo:. IIIT11'l!'ol n"t·

<1oIf"':l~ k;IC2lod urnde Ibe equIIOI". wiIhmosdy lropical and lemperlle cl,maleS. Theweltem !o(>..·tiOIl "r Anro:n,,; is the mo.<l ,n,~n_

slvelr bulll.Up <e<:lion of Kam"i, conralfllng the'<\$( mnjo,ity of Ihe ridel. 1000ri,t hOle] •. andOtMr ~IO"'brow" aUraclinns nf lhr w<.>rld Thetrology is a mUlUlI: 01 ""~~ K.....ii&n. Ten:m,'""" Vdnni. WIth 3I'JlAI1 e.....""" or 0Iher CCOO)"'"

....,•• "'I ullhem hea¥1I)" maoagaIlIId IfIillctid­1)' mlintalned. fWD O( th., mOSt popularA........>riIl citica -.:: kulod in !he~ 1*1....r Ariucniri. B~.lIdad (. 1'Nt'!'I,lon or aD

Arab.... Nigllu; rant.y_Iand on tile edge of.small dcxrt)...... Manhattan (a hadtqlOd&e or1.,c·20tll century 11I'Nn and suburban .~as.

msptft(l by old films and tclcvisiorl ~l),1"r>c e•."ern poni(ln, of Anneni,i a,e I"",d;'

laken up by ffi",c 1.'8~ nAW",. I""servel Thebiggest re'llns wllal K.iun<iiCo h;>:\ ullowcd 10rem.in oi the nlti~e lifdorm. (;"dudiu!:H_): 1r2r. "'" KJlmSii p7I"IIe, lAd the dw_tatluctJ. 'l'hc lC<:OOd brpst eontaims the ..__viYtllt rern-.s of die l\ItIvc S)1e:atI~lowllnd ernIogy .1Id OM of 1M I", S)"lunA\lIbenbci'll communitie1: ooDi& or that wuid.ZhllnlSlUpoi.

MIBHIRII LANAMAOA1.ol;.led JUS/to lhe caSI Of Arinenlrl, MishiriJ

L'namad~ io Ibe location Qf man~ of theAuthcntici'll ciuc.. and oomc or the mon, 1....llbi...tiI:aal r\deo; (the Im('Mllm-farnam Super-. isloclted ;"lhe ),1l1h,nl's ",",,"i.o. Villey. forc.umplcl. The CAICIlI end ordle Dbal i>.~cal ell..........",. nUed ......, ...111 bk ; .. dieb$ of Vl_l"s Iowlands ....ith Tem's IOlIIIastAsUlD...t onurhw.:sIl'a;:iflCewlvo.

B KAMSII TODAY

Kamsu '. H,,'er enelave .. on a l"lJ:le island tothe north of Mjshirii', BllIlyan Bay. Much of the;"land is the nali"" Kam,iian ecology, with a few.pec;"lly imported <mall predators for CQUtrol ofthe lIiver ian"",,

Hiriganed Archipelago{Hiriganed Khaalab-mada]

The Hirij;aned KhiUllab·mada (archipeJa~o)

has ~en converted into a lTOpical i,landparadise, and is the Iooo.tioo of several "r Karnsii',mo6l popular Authemici,t settlements, illc1udill~

Tahiti (an idealized version of Terra's Polynesiabef<l<'e European contllCt), and Pugo Pugo (specialilin~ ill live-..,tioll pulp adventw", in a tmj>ical""tti11gj. On<: of tlk' isl:md< is <liIl a private re!realfor the ha~t-JoneslHan ..n flllllily, and it i, hereO.al 'l""ial ~...,.\> stay <luI ill¥ O..u vi,its.

S ...IRIlRENENIRENA

LANAMADAShiriirenenirellll l..onnmada i, Molly token up

widl Kam,ii', "AfI;';a." a1tlo>u¥h many uf d.. ani·mal. (such a. lhe Bengalliger) are from otherTcrran ceo,ySICm~, 'The continent', """""m plcinsare a simulation of the African 'lll'anna (albeit""llI herd, 01 biWlllll a<ldltlOO to 1llosc 01 NncanOPCC"", like ~.,..clk, kudu, and ""bra). The """ternreache, ()f m., ~ominem ",,-Teate a lvmbiruuion ofAfncan and Amazon jUngle, with timx vlltag<>< atprimilive ""Ii= and iunJ(1c trodin)!. poWl,

AARINAGAAKIN

LANAMAOAA"rinagaakin Lanamad", the soU1~m polar

continent, contains mosl of the employee ~rcolo

~'" and two h~&" lI(1!1hward-reachi"~""nin"u­las, Ncmiida and lidaakushirini.

Nemiida Peninsula{Nemiida Oanakgurakaj

Tlte Nemiida Penins~la comain, Iwo largennture prClcrvc, find nUmCTOUS Authcntici,t

"'" '" IlUuit;",.The northernmOSI pre"erve recreate, lhc

lIplandl and IllOUIlwin nlIlj!,C' of Viand, and oon­Ulin, >everal Vilani Auth.ntici't communitie.(the large't number anywhere out,ide of theDomain of Viand).

The "'uthernmmt reCre"le, a Terran frlre"Irom central I::UlOpe, and COnlains numerousancient and medieval fantasy oommunitie'. Thi.Is whe", w,...,W·1Ie drneomlaye" """'" 10 """"thelt (robotic) destin"",.

ffdaakush~iniPeninsula(lidaBkushirim Danakguraka)

Thi, large, alm"st-i<land peninsula isearm.rked f(lf future devdopmem. KaLlmi',p1~nl"o":rS are <,lIrremly 1h.inling 1"'0 generations..."'.

KAMSII TODAY s

METROPOLITANAREAS

lb""" ill ooLlJr "''''' "li\iuIlIlI:lIovuliiall II... UllKamin (not rounllng the employee UWIOIlYC>OmmIIIlitics).JadziI~.

.JAOZIL COWNPORT

Ja:.tril Dlrwnpcn is the cdy pIl(tiort of KJ:m>iiliull Is nox owned by I"" ha"I-JontllHln<VIFlmily TN$! The l:and for !.he 'tarpon wa,dllnIIttd 10 the Impefium umItr the c;oodjlKll1 tblIIthe lmpttium ....y not sell the LaJId 10 .nyom­~r !.hAn 1M 1nJSI. and the I...... -n, to the[",,,ily if ~'" .....~I ,,"'" ""'"""" UI""aIiull. MO'Ior the oownpon is <iedicaled to receiving andp=Slin£ th<: I'"".cngcr shuttle. Ihnt nre con­~ll<Illly 1I",'il~ IWI i>ls IIJ all~ f"."" II", Ili¥hl"-"tw!>ere I/II! giJrlI passenger lillt"" <lock.

"The .xl ....lity linc i' SOlrroundo<! by • high­""",urilY Iloubk [ellce~."j to) \II: II) unullllu·.,.... IS llOu,bIe. yel """"'J'O"I \M'f)" form of

/tWI-ttdt _ilI<l/llX~ •...ulable The OIllyo/lld,1 all f'mm .bdzIl Dow"lU' is tIIrtlu¥b IhI:mIlll saw 10 !be OWIOWII, called ~Icome byKMroiiCo.

'lit/come .. the ne,,,,,, f.... the ""'lrld-. exlell­___ 01 pubbc lJ I .~ lmM._C(IIIItlllll tbc: XII of KlmliiCo admini$lnLlivcoffices, IlIIrllCn1Il'l IwIIet1 nf~ pioe level. andmany *,"pIo;>jee m:oIogIes. It l$amon8 .... moatIIklllOidllc uperieftc<:$ or a 1(.JNfl mil. and0lIt or Ille most popular memenlOS Is • pboIo­pph of the G.- cmeIJlllIf; from the JUbsurfacctunnel from Ih. ".,-po.1 Ihroulh lb. Cre.1WdcOTM. (i~1" InTO rhe cl'y. Ilell""ur......,through, diff~nt (but no Ics5 impm6ivc) gale,irnown llS lhe: Ooo'bpecd Arch,

The Karnsii ArCDlagiesAll llO.I.l>.ill¥ "" Kawoii. cYCIIl da;: t.\l:I,.lIli"" II ""~

sicns.1$ 0'00'llfId by ICamsiiCo IlId~ 10 the 1\"1­

idrnIs.~ is no pm_ 11M CJ\1I'I'Itr$hip, so thea..p.nwn~~ 'fJl'Iil1..... ,.....", thed ......."*V....10"""'" "'" 'l"JIil decmt.

MO$I of the popul*lioD of K.....ii Ii.... in<lrJl:enI; ~ wnllII .".C", r-u- ill n=lIu,,,_, fie COrIIW __ .- bokIs two or 1tfte

IIliIlir.~). Uppa~ "'" tbc:~ nf ~idi"l in indMduIJ hnuJina, snmequite IwtllOOUS.;1l g:;ued M'&!,bort>ood$ nearJildzil t::lowIlpon. bullbat's !he Cl<Cqllioo.

Each .reoloU is a seU-com.lned uoll••city In and of itself, WIth r;cbooJa, -.uinmmt

E

complexes. ptlbhc ganicns. sbop&, ud every·thin&:: nccdod for. rich. My life J:ach 0"'"di1frTI ,Up.dy, bl_ Iloey ..I fi:JIIour !he _ II"'­.....r p<lItem: .13f1l6 tower in dw> ""ddIa ofa widIarea of carefully landscaped partland. EacblOWN conIalnl IIf\\'IaI hundrM ~I., btr! ectIievel is designed LO promore 3 'lerose ofcommunIIy' each il ,mi~t""' of rc'luntial, COI1~iaI.and mercllltlle leCIlonl. and cllCh fOlmlI ",mailtown" I>lI itl own (e'.n though e3Ch level may<;QIllain tllQUljl.ntls ~ 'nllll\;ritanl.l), EVl:f)' aroolo­llY COtIIaini I mixlWl!' of il'lCOfl'l" ~llltld inler_CSlI, and rellrc:mcnl \cvcls =.tCGl!eI'<ld IIlTIOilIlIhI: U111l:n 10 jJm'Cru Ibe ckbIy frum fcclull "'""If.

Sc:cwny III the:~ is very rigid. e:.minlIlIbilllDl is tIU:l,llftd aD dl.y. o:oay dI.y. by thcu=IotY', Ralnly staff KIDlI"Cank porntUIII<mCn 10-* who:lt: C\\:fJ livUu:: thine ill (l."o'CIlpet>; havl! a uUlIli cbip imull.d), -.J IR-'_lOO> IeQSOl'I 4iKecI Myooe ....!lIoUl a CIrll.

Anyoae tIOl in tIle1r proper pbce will be tnYe!li.I"""! ..... llCIlnn lat... III <Dm:I !he druatlmChildrm never get IoiI ro.. long. cnllllnall are,arc and •..,ily apprehended. and cll.ndocstUIto1101....... are""""y I"""",,'ihJe.

10 KAMsri TOOAY

N<l me can en~ lin lII'OOlogy or 0Ihtt IlcllKlIlJIam wllboul ~ting a K:unsiiClU'd 10 sIIowdw!hey 1ive.1hcre. RcIlidolllJ lllllY bI:~~~.of ctlIlrlll! - ellher <Ilber employfts or touriltS.8<11 the MOO""_ lIfO: not lIlurioIallnoClious.1kplaDllCI'I dc:liberalCly .'l'UN ..JWn& lIJly ~IyWtiqw fealllft:'l. The best pms.llle IOOd rtSlaJ;l..-,all boa~ pIoino:OI.~ dOlt. ... alll:bose.c ill !be publio; ""'" ~ dE~ Elftl"'~an: r_ 10 ""il. of C'OU""'; .11 Ixt, they ....--.ed lO....-c \IX ofCvay fKdiIy they CUI&/ford. aw dEa~ di'lalUlll k <iJl1lIllcaN'The mit 1$11I of 11m .. ample: anyone """lUl&.Kamsii aroolo(y will SOOD conclude lIw II isdUll. whu~. and boring••nlll~·11 gobat:k lO~ public enler!:Unmeill a:N.I.

GOVERNMENTGowmmenl OIl Kam,ji i, a <;<>rpOI'lIle buru\I.

crllC)' responsible 10 lhe board of Din:clofl ofK"",,iiCo. KllmsiiClI operalel; l~ worI<i on •1ong.1!mI h,:enR ftom dE "",nen of IIw ,,"UIJoncsIHilnsen F&mi.1y Trust (wbich overl.ps• 1101n{ ~u",plC1ely Wilb lIIe \lockhol<:\e,s orKams"Co). Ewry ""J'ld 01 dE plInorwy CO"am _ ..... md order.~ di"....' ......""",, utilirirs. policI: am I\~.servlca _ to'-8fd by~ l:i'l*l ' AD public~..- dIaJlIIcb ..., .........pany"«lQtroIIcd. llIld all~ is Cll'tfuUy fillrftll ..... ..tiled

ECONOMICSAIIlnlnSICtion< ue eI«tronic:. An emplo:JI)iee',

boousinI ond ulilily bills an: toJIOrnlUic; dcd'!Cl;o<!1from bJI p"ydo:d; SOl'''''''' ....110~ .......~III wort for \he ecmpany CllllIlCIIl1\'e on Kamsuunlen he Clln qualify 118 a i'l::nnllM.nl CUCSI.Public b'Il11SlllJl\ is f"", to Complll1y emplny.....lIDd deflendelll$; lmllport 10 Gueit Ill~hons i.c1iSCO\lnted or fttt, ir $pOl«: i. available,

CRIMI! AND

PUNISHMENTA Gun! who prue<!U _ small diffiadly

fer KamaU', .wror xcuri<y l"uo::s will be .....iI·coJ lu~ dlml '-'I: III l!lfk~ 10cool dowll, w..t: .1 OY«, or wtwewr il !aba.FIl;wn 1hcrc.1hc polh differs A llOis)' but baom­bs drunk will"'" 'IlrlolM ..... lM:en bod: 10 his1>0*'1 1OOll'I: • IUrly lcenagcr will loa ..-......I,prOOItbIy by '11'JUP of &lQIlh)U>l enouel' ukJa­lh;u be ....11I ~pect 1Ilem. A noble who lIIli iI

pn.>blem (or i, • problem) will be visited by •h.oul·J~ or a lop employee. W 1II..t.c CIIa)"

l!llng rigltt. And • real ""minai, or I!oOmCOIlli wholICaD> 10 be • criminal.....illlO II;> jlfOOo.

OlTiocI.lty, "~Ill$li hal; ooly ""'" typl' of pun·ishment for crimiMI" aoIilllry confinemenl.K....,;;.., wrIfincm:m. ;,. cwCllll:lr hUIII.x. but"""'" people "'ho haw expeheilced " Il't lIf:rIeager 10 aYOid muming ... Il(II IhaJ. tbey .-elildy kI au lhe t:::hiou.

Anyone wllo _10 ....... pnsoa....u be_ there. inurediMeI)'; lhe trial wi1l 0ttVr Iller.IIDd tho. jlfi_ ",ill .... be phyD:.aIly pe.<enrPci......". 1ft 1tIlnned, oearclIed Yef)' Ulorough­Iy, and p-. sut.cJe jllmp5Un co wur.

A cell in one 01 Kam§ii'~ pri'\nn~ (then!.re13• ..,aIlere<! IiboId the world) 11'. "ngIe comfomtblc room aboul 12 f.:u "'lIWC. The onlyfWllilun: ill bed with one end raised lIS IpU·low. 1ltcre are no U>edl: In fact. there no 5epo.ralC obic<:lS, or I'VCn moving pllrlS.lIlywhere iii~'" ruum, T~ 1ll11y eX~(Ilion ••,"" I"" nutritloulmeall. delivered .egularly lhrough a ,mallopening in one wall. The )lri>oou muM sil 011lhl: baI bcf~ the rrnt will a!"f"'l'l" Tlltre. ilnopackagms or Ith~: iI typical meal is justoro<: I~I' IIIIIdwich 01". lilliII'. Kulllle-li.....ubjca. KanWl IlIw l'Cf"'ir~ plitielll rood co betnOdI<:aIed ror <be pauent', ""'" safe')'. i'Momu..., "'" <:nW1ed 10 ,,",-'Y. aIllat.ililIIII ,,_•

iallJlho:r drIan 1M ""v. Of I~ 01 mmuI.

They are a100 not pcnnittod 0lI100<: oonllO;l •.•UnIC.11 Ihe prilOIl IUpcrviSOl d,oose, to ~tl(lW

them, and he'd better be gi\'ell agood~. (Ifthe pnsoner W3I po.rl of a pIlIly.!l>cy will be noli­f>Cd lhat he', k:ft ~"rullil""ju"". IOCh ..~ IflU,," jo.l.Ied whlIe viUliftg her~. requuespecial doQ$iofts on !be jIfII1 of lhe~,)

Willi >'Oia: roo'lII\IIIab. dE pril;ooer can gethoi: or cold _ from dE ,mtldnnkJnll 1_

lain, dIange l!le l'OOlI~ lIIXI darkness.aOO cycle bel..""" f...,.- dmlnels or K_,('.11.-.naiDmo!oI 011 tbo J-V wall "I'l"A"" the bed.

Celli are rtlOr\itoIc:d • .n limclt by. almjIUt.

cr.llIld laWuully by • buman Anylh,ne 1Mpriooner illY' will be lIlIIltd _,_ded.lf __prisoner calls for help. or o=h il, tuanIs willbe Ibm: ~d1)' 10 tlpm thc: door Rokeel emeo"'

gmcies k:1d III added pn$Oll\imc,oftoune.

KAMSII TODAY 11

Incident Management - A Hypothetica' ScenarioKlIDI.ii uSC!> il$ !;oo!roi WId lectlnolog)' 10

'""~~ KlfIlSJ' I $af~ p~. WId, more, to.......,K~ _ saC<=. That _dwc if ...ID:idem~.... iI '- 10 1'l' mini~ .......made, ~~ud from history. lAl'S uy, for'"" ICC, thlc then:... aWrdt «lIliNoll, T1lelo<:~ lit ""'Y l'ft (II) KlIIllSll. btnIusoe \'ehideIan' cIKted rquIIdy, bzor coIli$.ioD.......maeooI'tvriW. and 10 00. Top l:On'ljal'y tl'~-a::>

.....~ rn'illl~ ~.oIoowx. bull~>lD&

~II't'llltlIb..., suingent and "'eJl~fOl'C'Cd.

IlulllXickn!ll do happa,. A,,.j llIJ.l'unllllll1l:ly.Ihl, orle' happen< willi iol< of ...i~ .........big raftl bump 0<1 Iake<>ff. one drop. ten fcettosolid COOCf'C!C, and a roupk: of hundred pcopIeI" ,tie boanllng plaIa <ee il .11,

Wilhin """ond" lII\ "inddon! code" II I"""·milled. Ooc: uf II., .l[II.n pll<lli hil hi, pilni.Mlon So did. I\o$IeSS 00 lhe Ilthtr alr/nllt. Sotlid • rnaimc:~ worker on lbc: ,lI'OIIl'd. And if10)1'" uf d"'ll.lIlllI b:I:n lbI:re. I!ll: lICaIUImI In I"'"boInllng pb1.... ond lhc: maslCr ronIflIIle'S in !hebiI.,.,'nlfb tho:mochQ. ",,,,,kl hIM:IC~ aII"Wklll "",ldiliun. Bm h<'n:.lhc: hUfl\lIlI eJlo·mml _ bRl:r'" Ihe lmdunel;,

lascandy. tmubk ICUm _ dlJ¥M !l"cI: IhcflDl u1r.lfll,.,lbI:re oriIhin are.. l\l.IlUlIf:l._W pmcrllld ..... 1UlIy bnded 0lI1he "''8)'. Scmr­-.l riPt ;" doc: plaza. IIId ~ 10 won.: odxn1.nd lDIby lIDd walt ID lhe ... m mmaJlo wIdI....mlo".;.

&(ore tbe rll'Sl IeIJll arrl.-es. the loa] ron­CCSlIkln >land '- <llf1f<I tiv1llt~y~ pxxl­~ 10 lho p;usengm. and spc:<:lIIOfS ~cept for!he illjurod.lh: allin>clc;$ alre.ldy moving from",h(lc~" m ··hnll~.y:' Th~ crew of the twoairlntll ha~ all had basic lil'Sl aid COUrs65 un<!nrc Iltll'ms!he injured, rortMately,nooody was_lIy hllrt exCf1ll that OU! lillie girl

hom lbe medical air/rati em~llo • half·dozen bri~k. eonlpeleOi. WII'lC-uuifurmcdemployees Fi~ of lbem go 10 worIr. WIth IllcInj\lft'd, J«lln& them qudly illlO Iboir ambu­L&lK:e uft and ."'.y. 11K" )iAlb i. a (alhcrlyr..llnw Wo Ioob jim ba 1be J-V ..... 011doc:1or. a.. hi> prof~ .r..lIs &It: >ay SI'C'"~iiIiDN. tk QI''lIMc:> ...:q; II... IIiIlilljuml. h.r.~,pas>e1lgM.He's smouI, h.r. dleorllll

m;I~.E¥ef}'lbirII \/oill be All riI:bt'A ....ino" ""W • <3InI:I"d II'1elI " rake pie.

UftI of tho IIX1dcnl and 1lIe ~1ClImi. A_

ill. briatn-lXlloml dn:ss 'ItCpI ;n (1'001 of him.··Suny.loir!"' ""~" !he allI1ICli", >nlng """"",n,

1\11b a IDIiIe .'Palx'nl sluekIllrA's' Mu.lln Ilh"lOgr".ph tlJeom 'Without lheir pcrmiloSioG ....hile!bey'fC j,...........iW£tl!~ 1bc ~_ionc:r i, Mr.&d. doem" .._ to ....u a -"'""C. and -* "I'handioa; 0_ bill cam:ra 10~ lbc 1&01 ",,0

)/aJlIo~.A halr..w=. ~.......-.my utrdisperW 10 loot b' 0lIIer pOOlotlll- 1bot ,,'"'­lay weD. n.e., didn'l e\'t1I ba>-e 10 r.tal hiscamaa..1II:llllofle <IUD him.

A 1eC'tInIal1ftm 11\ I htavy lilt YChoek 11M....'Cd 10 \llk ...."Y die~ It\a( ClllI'\ IllO"\:.

lIIlfb its eM1\~. The~ ooe "'" only Cl5­m!tlC <!ImllGC. tu ~ IeaYes III wen. Gumts ....illnot be iUkOO 10 ride in I dc:.-.::d .'ohaft.

Quickly,1\W\ rr.pIaa'.me.... p;!S~nger airlTaftlam"c, 'Ihey hll"e already picked lip lheif ere....••• nOi re~"larhoMc:lIiIClI. but incidc:m nlaIlI~.

The: unlnjurtd pilssengtTS boanllhe sltiny newran•. ney are III a _ery good mood "TboKanuli Cornp.any i.l "'r)' oorry lhal you, IIiI'...meo1 wilh I blimp:' w"" tbe annoullCCmenl

brlon: they~. "This trip..... all )'(lUI"

~,llfC ftoe••"d we'D b<: wi>il~ II",SflIr 1M on Ille \III)' bart.. Maybe )'3U'n_IM

COUllleU of LellaSlluuk - she's visilllll thi.l"""". JlIII 1M J'OW card 10 I WsI ur"'­and ...,·UllR -=- d 11-

Wllh 11.'1: g I safdy ... Ibo __..

of ihe way. oIhcr IlJaIlS lin:: cioaaLIliD.c ImJlIlIbe ..,_ in 1lle plus. Ol=fuUy lDlI _

<>=1y.lhey """*'si"' ... "HeI't",~..: _ 'JOOIcard, We'll put a$pCICW cedil OIl ilto make upror llIi. How about • Inp 10 lih.-'/No, it'l OIIlbcCompMy"

As f", d..,;,;; ....bu Wl:JC lIl.1willy Inj\llQl .. ,l!Iey're 011 I!\eIT \Illy to I fine boop,taI: Ihetr \IIhole;"",lIIion ....iIl be froc. wi'" pab that will nlake IIa", ful<'>l tri~ IIlI;)' C\'ef bave: aW tl-.."'~ lheyhappily lignod wiD kl:op tl-..m from e\'ft boco'n.ing • Iqal ",obIc:l". IluIlhry·... noIlikdy 10 """Fa.- fnm b:ing anvt ...... Ill" arl<IenI, lt1ey ffdIS llxluglilhey!lad won !he 1OOcty,

And U't P Ka!twii doc:> dama&r: c::ooIroI.II. quick. it...~ and ~ \er.IelI_ .......n. _ even~~ feelin8 dLU !hey"'- bHo

lucky! Soc::b a small inrorf'uUaltt. really• .ookIol ..... fty P ('QI nt n' I'<lId dle <IINinIilllll~ £'."' I _",".,..~.t­~. ~'t a1bd lOo)lbil. &II tIIIl~~

AId, <:rI 00IiWW ill.., pnK\':SS of1UIIIpfIS all~ Kam!"iCMds. the Compim}' found 001cDClly "'110 ...011 III ibe 4LX-oJru, ..1d ... IIIJ cbl:..... ;1 KJlow1l'df" IS power

12 KAM511 TODAY

When the senlence i> up. the priXll\Ct'1 prop­(:Ily is ""11I,,"',1 - "'i'I""'I ...... "",l1Il'. lUlJI ;Ikpl~ He i1-...lrd l(> the SUrpM: if KUlISiiJ.:IIO jail_. thI:y """"" want h.im '-:It.A. a rlllld 1uuoJ,. LIx: pri....". ..~ fur IW;jli!1Jme II resort niles.

All lhM ~SUJ)­

pl»C'J that lhecn"Il.lll.l It •

"i,itol. If I

KlmliiCo

-~dependentcnmmh< •.."me. he IIIrresled Indrrn"t .~horT jullsenlcncCl are udcocribcd .bovc.M<:>rt. ....r;O"1 problems uehandled in IlIreI WI)'.:

Hlboillll1 cnmioaL.. or Iho:>c wloo deaaly will1Ie"cr gel II0IIg 00 Karnsii, at"( ulled. The"Pl:>c\'menl Dep.rtmenl~ finds , world WI iswill,n'lo lake lhem. 0' "' Ilwl",••10.1 ildlUlfl maner. 1''''''' them _ ned!1 if 1>q,,;_cbtiool 0( tll"ir propcny '... ·1 ".IlOU&h '0 livel!leon I d.lIta:. ",oJ I"'b 1lctJ, ..... ,"",p. They<'U -..mUl"ll.

A few Cl'illllllal<;. ofCl:IIlRe. lit' 100 dan,emuslu du..... UII ~.. IQl ur ~.. I",,,,:nu.... 1lle 1IUIt­ably criminally,........, _ ,mpnsoned for Iof".forNnalely.lhcn: IlI'C nol m&Ily

Arrnluill Um~"'l:'" u,;cas,,,,,,,Uy reel lllal •he"""'S cnmu>al docs no! do1:cr\'C I hIe of com.fort. or millhl ilOf'hd,ow cndan~cr Kcmsil My'way. Such pri!lllllel':5 tend l!l h~,'C (utal accident,wh,l" '.wllmg am:.t 01' atteml'lLng In ......~frnm cusludy. Thi! really i. nnl snmclhingunlerOO by ,;upc:riu~; iI's a consequence of theK"""ll mental,ty, In nuny caoes. the otticer IUllyCKpcttllO b.: Im:IlOO himself and exiled; he is~doin, wha.·~ nece'$"y~ In (l,mee, IheCompany (Or the Guests. "" a good emplo)'ee ..mueb U I samurai mighl d,>Obey hi. lord',MIer<: when ~ary ," .......... 00 """" him boi­ler, The sanlual disobeys MlIJ pride, knooIriJlghis brc....-ill be dlI: I'ri<c. By~. tile K.nD.lilX'l' "'110 ~doe< _'. ",. =,~ wta~.. ontf/<1oSC j>Cycholop:al SOUllllY· H. ""'y be~\PI"d; he 0111 IIIIlIcrlo ........,.,Ill!t. lie 'Ill)'

1oIro" doIle (ht Km!siJ 1CJm<) tbe right !hinS r....the n,hl rt:>5Oll. and be marked IllI , poknlillTroobleshooler.

Tho KamsiiCardNMC of dle lIIbaaias (III Kam.ii ICXll:JII

ul>b. UI ",~",n. ,I<Wl1lml c""Jil plO<jue,E~ ..-IIo C'OmeI 10 Kamm gets lbatr0"'"1\ Klm,iielrd. II" ID 10 clfd, Idchil/cm..bt CII'lI. I Ihon-nrl£" wu.,....D." "*"01"" "'-I tODm ke)'•• biofwoc..tiolll monitOl, I Grs locator, IIld IIIuch~.

)JOn want 10 carry. Cdftfl No problem'Sim~ly pi",); One of """'y ,t!taCt;"" andla,u.ful acce.<.<orIes - ri.... ~IP.I~. 1""'"_danll. ,ins" necklace" watches. evtn,,-uffed l/llmal! for ~ lid, - and the ehip""n "" I~I",-t Inm thllt Moo;t peo~le

dll:JnSe the card bccau"" it haJ;. certain popular-<:ulture ClIChet the odlcr \'Cl'$ions lack,Rill $('O'I'W! MtIlllme'l ""'" no place 00 hlde •am'

Wi.houl lornc vcrsion or dIeKamsiiOln:l.)'O" om', get I meal. tide.\"duele, .... _ pi into I public .oilee. It"""'1 be coullterfc,'ed. i, _'t W\N\ ruranybody buI the -..er. if it·. IlOl ill dofepn»<imily 10 a _ body.• ..-ill "'" _do:ch 0ll1U e1rv~__••oJ if if. dt1i1.k:>if. bcm Iosl:, it w1lI5el oIr~

1Ia .. inlLINmenl of tolBIlOCiaI COI1UUI.,,'~ eaoo~ lu male' L,-l1Illt """'II in j;aI.....y 8tn I...... -.-1 pod; ptJR. andoobody worncslltlOiM. it.

All "'''~ l.<lIJ ...'lID Ihc ~-.mJ and 1C'.tmmnn: about it> holder than • r>ct-moop couldlearn all day 011 ~I planets. BUI iust thewkJr or II"" ~lll'Il ")'~ ~ lUI ~bOUl the bolder... blue ;ndie~lel It.ff. whne Ii ie<:ur,ty$1Il1I". white with. gold :iW ;, 'Of' maIIllse­"""lI.llOkl is nobili'y. red is the KiddicC..afll.and soon.

Althou~b .he card', commulliellionrUllCllOOllTe lJInn.tUgM. """'1 Kim",wb>clc and 1"",-II'y ,1lCbdCri ""tqIalers; 10every QI'd is; tied in 10 tbc JIobaI DC1WOIt.'IlEueUcaIIy, Jlrf~ tall ItIdl any<llher employee iMtonlIy.

Aod II tbc mel of tbc o-ip.)'OW" card UM:o<ri\'llO:lIllld ",.lIn""" IID)'OII Irs I FllIIOU"""'I". The deliS- c",""ge penoclically

, • )"001" tIIl:mtOW is collectible and ....(\1'11)1~ jll va.Iu!' 0007 Ito. year<

KAMSII TODAY 13

Kams;; and the AuthenticsThe AUlbt.:lJl.o.: Mo~ (_ OT. RiJq of

Fiu. P (0). Slart~d DOl fat from KatIlli'i.A~ ehooee 11 hUlorieaI ~pare from!hei. "...-u ""~\"'U)' to ..ud) and. III ",me

degree, U) recreaR:, For _, il" 11

~. Ftr llOIDC,atI obP.._.Beca....e of il$ 01...100.<

appeal i(l:illlolnlnl hnilEs,A'drnriri........~Iy vif:Mol wilh modi eM!­

bun by Jmptnal audlolilies.D~ ..00..1 1050, il ~ame

......inn. '00, on \he wboIe. "'"movemetII~ bettor cio

zenship. Aulhentieists teMed to become lllOI'etnleram nf ~;tferenl ClI\tUl'eS (espedally~~ by their Authenticlst frienda) ll.nd more;"terQted in hi.ltOry 1lwJ. CWR:nI p.llllics.

P.vrnll halu-Jones. who w,. aCorltmenr.al Momger III \he lime, had ~"'l'bo:o:nan~~ ((II

ye'i"l: However. he had 1MlDf,rI.lnod r:amily atilude of DOt

only be"", bw:~ 10 b!:,enlhu1il1t1cally 10)'11 10 litehnpaiwn" all -rs- lWocbe, lie

had 1o:ClIhil.1lol>by very~. ""'''':11f..mperor .....·s arI'vtooR <IK'*'d lhallhe

............ mould be~ rMIu m.. "'­~,Evroli re:W.aI .... w ooIy wukI ""

mjay hi1; bobby OIl a planet·\\ide~ !Iecoulddoa 101 atpi b' Katlsii.

Audlc:l";S/ll IS _ an~i fll<1oX ..II¥. f'IanI'I" wclal film.:: 81-. of 1M popala­liaa _ lIl<n or _ .ai"" ,\,.....,~,ladIn- ~.aokcd ... ~CJ.l<l:"lcl) ll<;U,,.,M • \Ix:Guest Str>~ iIldeJ: Thi~ odds a greai dNI ofbJih realism -' energy i(l Kamsii's~rc:acman _ ..!iva>. Itdeal.......rabid A\Ilbmti('li:l~1ft hawl' 10

speDd monllu or )~ al •Ii",,, l;vi'l, in lliarminily.~~ural~ liimulauonll ofmedieval, Civil War, or20th-century COllditions. allday and ew:ry day.

AUlhcnlieisl employee.. "I'<'

1M juM ",,"nlltw, bul encouraged. towear !be" luslOne" P'b in >.II publ>i: aR:1IIl of

Ih; pIu.ct, pro.idr:d ..ret~ precautions aR:

followed The re<IIh. nf all....... IJ rlUllKamsii', allnleOOnS ~ filled wilbinlac3tonf: eosl\II:l'ICS lNl: don'l <;OM dlc:Olmfllny a Clelllt ",",,,,,, )'ft.~

can~md_apN~or <XIi\lUnIoU • Kam>ii'. >hopo. wbicll

add.'I efta mnre min< I(l rhe palU alld_, _ bnnp • a ....profiI. AlIII Kam!li'.

!WID &I aD Avthenbci"" ''bot opoIM pI'O"ilIesyn anrIber~ ffr vaelllionen 10 visit.

WORKING FOR KAMSllCoA pllllet.wl<le eeonomy hal loti or jobs to

offer. Thc~ an: thtu main types of ....ork onKJumJi, M~menl (tile nper.ntM nr the C(lI'Il­

pany), Ouelt Servic~ (tlul ii, meeting the pub·lie), and Planet Services (everybody el$C you need10 make a wnOd nf n""" ({l millim people. operatesmooth!}'). NOlc,lhougb. tbat a 101 0(~ jobafaIlllDdtt Gueai S<:rvi=, The maids in the hcJlc:lsand the people: ...110 empy the UIth tanf ill the1LlI..... parltt. lOr lnsl~..... Gl>C4t Serviecs~'u'" lhey mccl the publt<;. T'ha< 0llWIJ thc:~

Ila..e In he ptaunr.JooUDg (..-!lether or II(lI

tI>cyo're IICUla1ly anraeti....). """II groomed, and'«' He. II a1Jo lDCItlI tboy eel bcao.- pay lh.ialbc~nIIIitl or~.fLause

Smaller 00t1iplll)' divi:sitm: iDcIude Re1tan:hllJ'Id Dc....lopmenl (whitb 19O"irlRlly~·

,",re, on blological and ~~yborJ;,ng~R&.D),~ Services (they make !be J-V. andQIItoonI and eome up ..ilb lIew~). thevarious auIse IineJ tIW. operate the Ilolge paswn.

14 KAM 611

!l"'" linen tIW. any VI1iIlOr1i to and fmm Ihe S)'1i­tern. and the UllIIl publie n:l.oon., nw!<eiing,af.J llI.lYali>iIl~ d"hion,.

Managemem and Planet Services tend Ie becareer jobe, but many QueM Servi"". employce.si"lI:ltd lu .LdY for (mly a few year.< . make alittl~ rooney, see the Whole planet, aild meetpeople. On a world Ihat', one b;g party. alol of~-<JfJ ......e; plla' And. f<w tho mmlInrle 06lhe me.eenlry, lhere', alway, the d....m ofrnectilljl; Ibat ilP"1l1 )"O"ng noble 00 vaor:atiolI... Needless til Qy, when snme<h1lllllke lhIsacnWIy Ilappm&. the Kamsil public rel~dq;cbl",1II makes • "'*' ttuman-iaerc1i SlOIYour. d II - JOl'd (UIIldry.

The oIher AIle of • K.amai jab, .Sf' Or illOueat Senieca. ~ lhe conalaJll trIDII;touug,Kam<ll',~ kHp ,....,•• tnet 01-.,

aspect '" cYCr)'~" perf..".."..,.. Bdwmtthe ubiquilous mooitor eame,'"' Miltl Ib"K.m.ii('.Am e"")'O'le ~arri.... lhey don't minmucll. They "- ..mo'. been naughly, and theyknow ....110'. been nice, "",y k""w ....ho h.., the

TOOAY

of II"Iffic eonttol. KlImIiiCo is Mj;oIillins withthe ImpcriW\1 over the Iocatioo and deJiJrl of 0"",-...ad publlt lklwnpon. and plan. In hn!ltgrotUICl for ilia l~ re-s, willi tbe rU'Sl Guesu~~6veyun"".

FAMILY UFeJ(.,.jj~ p:t mmm _ nbe fI:mi.

tiet.JUIl.IiU~ doo. Soc1aI. bfe waclllO bovery nwdI~ IIf'OUDd Ccmt-J fuIle6onoaDd .u<-.:tionl. of coone. Then! On! opeelalemployee-oaly ud emplo~pendent.oaly

C>'Cnl:l. In~. ri#tt afioI-a _ atlJKIion iIfiwsbed or IIIIl1d one i< rd'urhi<lm, lhr. eI"IJ"Ioy_ees set ae~ to Villi bef_the smer-l pubIJe,Thi.'llll~ KfVtS •• (mal beta-kst.

"~i anit1.>de" lIld .oould be tllOOUf'liCd lIIldJV""'IIOI'!<1 .Old lhey know wlIo feell C)'aicll.about Ih. job aJ>d the planel and the GUt.",.f'!opIe IIrtlo~ cynical don'1 IlCI lJIl)lIlOled.

E"')'~ ...Guest ser..o. l~. orGSI, ill the tompUleI'. A pohIieal reCune WOIIldaoII il a "Ioyilty i11lb..~ The WIhpIIItl' k<qlIlrlIIr::t;m~ tmplo)'ft'f perromwleC 1Ild_,-'~~.All<! aIliturIe. D c>VYbill ali ;11111',''''.~ ... for..-roe,;ill._ important Pwpk...tlo really bolieve ilKanlsli don', mlr,d rtIc mooitorillJ,1Jld don',miloJ beinI nicI: 10 eva}" linzlrC_

TRANSPORTATION

There Ii alrTlOR no privaIe transpon on Kams.ii.KlIIl$iiCo Slyslhc!l:ilSOl1 i:s safety: e'lety vehiclehal; 10 be im~i'al<d ilUu Ill<: ¥loool u~rn<: conUul GRCJINING Up AI\IDD('I to red~ lIcd<lentoJ colliiHlm l()!he abIoluleminimum. Very oenior emplO)"«a IlIId mcmbcn LEAVING ••• CJR STAYI\Gof the OOI1·J",,,,,, f~",ily 110", prnIJIUIl Ilrltafu. The caporIIlioo'l sdlooI oysum is e>.OOlenIimdIlul 1l'llInlIerIIOOd \hal theo:e are an etmed pnvt- filIJy~ It D. of COlIIX,~ _II.'l"'O"ided 10 pc:oplr: who rnWtt I'l:Od 1O)t;a IlIe .-t<~ lilt mmpony, but IIllf~ child IIsomewhefl: quickly. Wbeo po$!ible,l!ley ~_~raued to be aD employee! Quite lllc CODtnry._ publ;e, o*,djiOitlite~ elM U Ps,.1· ... cP allC>llll& >Iafl> II 1IIl ....l,r.public lrUSpol1 (I'VCOI bidl·lCCUrilY The ~1ovIDg._y comontlllU_al~Y u........ l) Wan'! 10 It. "Jood komsii lypcI~ - .._._ ...he~. 1M0 Kmwl <loeI1l'1 lIEd alao& CIftO InJ.b wilIIlb: Wlll'__ M)'OnCaoitllI: lbcn' ~ dle _ OIIO'S 1l'I". J 1_

Nubl•• "0 ru, ~prlnre· tniAinl' tbo dumb ODell sa"""'"airfnfb,oIroune.tuKallQiMl- hi. S ooltlr.lOnc.luevayoneisly, rally rricI '" pnMck a pilot Of l:Itrn e- Ill"~ )lbo <an~-..J wllb eva}" me. The)'<lUlll .~... IO... ~--timc'jurIia-or pfIYacy·ob~lsed noble who ~"ud",Wilh:o'~msi3u on bC:Jn~ .... OWII pilOl certainly jl;onconrormlSls and rebell, on 1IWmIlY do !Ill. WI hi: Jl8Y' for ,hi: ('riV11ege oth« 1wId. lite IIllf <:rlOOtl~, No n:lll

dTvn ~ I1ftk lu ',"""""r' or retrain 1tKw:"'bo don', fit in " ,"Yoo can', """'" somebody

like Kam,ii" il lom.lhinl': of a mantra, TheCUllllJllll)' _ulluoo b lIlal !heir d"'i.llny II ... el~.wllett,lIInd lhey s.lIoIJld Ica'o'e, And, ot COUl'$Ie, theydo, eYI:2'Ihullly ... posl-..:<: 2Q, chiJdn:Il ofemploy­""" DlIllI bo:wml: emplo)=<; lIlem~,,,, or~nus 81,," 1M rwpon a huge pool of polenllllworira-s. .)'OUII,t pcopIe wbo lib: \lie "'-' bollhR \lie aOUjMll). and 0",,""" IlinMy r", lilly job_ mogbI bo _1abIe within cbe WQhIy zoneh r= bYe, JooliDa: lOr less CllIIImIIal.mds­m:l m UUJe IlIey lIool Ihtm 0dtIly. _ Ulll'Il:bIt;:t". few~ Raioed .. l!Ie V="":r..~ and orpai=l 1Wm" 1tIlIlnphe~.

II.,,- ftnd doere kill any [Ua'pu a lim, blIlooorr·lbe Compuly'l pl)'Cllc>lop5ts ...., quite tood It

dr:k:aI.... a lnIl:'ebIn&c cLhoart. aoo.I~ lUll>

and dallJhtm '" wckotIDl IMd: ., • ~~Iysafe :w:llilleoed _ cL offworld txpctiellce

POPULATION

AND VISITORSKaoujl ICjlVItcU a IJUl'Uwion uf 61 00.234.

•~ all Human. III cbe~1~1l 0ffiIIlI ...

.wi "" o;ooriplde II Kamsii'. knowIcdCC lIllout lU

PQII\J1a';,Ull 11... l1IlII. rQ:W!: ill ptQbly Ml df hynne thID • do;om,.

or--. _ <IO\OIG oaly Ib:~ ""Ii­dals.llOllbc miIliommtuim; (wm lhe Ifrro'nunIetullr II !hew brmeI). AI arlf ..... bmO,ltMR ..... )() rNlJioa Gv;:oa on pMB:t. l10t -....iJllllIM ) '-b. ..fir.1I 'fQts CD II:lIOllle n IfIIi­""" - per ,..-.I-n;on jij 10 100 hul;e. 9"Iiat:rI .. Karmii. c>VY day; III I>aaF 011 fX1JGtc1:JpeI_ JIB< thrmgh '.W:kX!tI'"e-

JaoIlil Hi;hpon I:<lU-ld be ....btged, of ,but \lie downp:wl .. vay oc.- III cllpllClly in !ern..

KAMSII TODAY 15

Size: 3WI: 1,200-1.600 It>..

Hansen's Beal'

gust." KumsiiCo, for its pan, clWms tOOt all biok>­~is1> inlclf<:<o witl, tllCir >u~jec", 10 a J:l""It:, orlI.><ser c1egre<:, ~nd that they "'" me~ly ··rnan~g.

Ing" nmUte and mokln~ it mo,e widely available,

THE OCEANS

Thc~ .re no lar~e >ca predator,. Kam,iiCoemdicated 'hem all. quite 'y,tematically. I~Q

year< ago, They bred deep underwater. '0 theyoun~ couldn't be caplured ilJld chipped, Theyw"'" ugly and dangeroo<, and they might hurt.Gue,t (the ultimate crime to KnmsiiCo). A t"'­10H,d .i,u. dc.llUy"d """0 uf tl'Olll; i"loll.lvehunting got the others. Not all of the animal,"""rc hunted to ""tinction -.,.",..,., wen:: capturedall<! e'lJOrted t" "'lua-parh "n oIhcr worllls. solome l.pCcies ,u[V;ve. The ocean ecology ,hifted,of coorsc. but w~ stabili.cd wilh careful ceo­man"l:e"lCnt. an<l IIOW rep,,,,,,m, • mixture nfTerran. Vilam. and natl"e Kamsn sea lIle,

Sf: 27-33 Mol't':/Dodge: lurlDX: 12 PDIDR: il2IQ: ~ DlImal:": 2I1-ZL11'lIT: 14124·30 Reaclt: L. 1

A la'J;C carnivorou, quadruped,Hansen', bear j, thebigge.'<I .xl"m Ian<! predator n'live to Kam,ii. II Il,,,d in Ilteforested _as on Karnsii (there were live I:Ub,pecies.preadover several continenlS; two are lI(lW extiOCl), and captured,mailer prey hy wllitlng in amhlL,h .nd .'lllIlnlng It of",r aittort rush. It i$ naturally !>Ctive both dQy and night. and has1<cen night v;,;on "",,11 into the infrared.

AU",,-,ive and ounnlng, II "'lI.' h"n'M fro' tmpIl!"., heforeKamsu was opened to the public, and presented a .enoushitUU"d to WOl'ker~ wnile the planet was being developc,j.However. it i< telII1iiy contmllNl by the "chip:' and now i, 3very popular l1ltraction. Under !he infl""""" of the chip, thebear> arc active oJl day. Wbellthe tourislS are WlltChlng. andSleep al night

Hansen's be", is superficially utiine in appearance, coyercd by 101l~. sh.~iY fur (typicall)' dark br<lWn. wnteUlllesalmost b.Iack). TIt. skull is broad. the MrS stubby and polot.e<!., and the tlOOO br9ad with a single oostri1. The lower jawhas tw(> sboo. srubby tll,k~ rc<;embliltg lbose of a Tell'anwild boar.

Unlike Tenao bem, they cannot balance~l ..es ondlcir hiJl<!lcW>.OOI are ,lIr)lli.o;iJlg1y ool for .ucl, allllgC lIlli·mal. In combat. they cm bite, doing 2d·1 Clltti.ng dam311e atclOOt: oornbItt, or claw, doillj; Cln", 2d·Z crulhi~gdamage atI_hex llu,~.l1teY 1Iu lAAM'll a "bear hug" Iype l\ltlICk.

Often, of course, it's the = and daughter.; oftop man.~cmcmwoo tum oot to be '',;quale pe~,,"

1\'0 e",,"ptions "~ moo" fCO' them: their p<trent,woukln't h:we their top jobs if they didn '\ JulYe aIOIl~. ~c,,"i"e hiMOlY uf Company luyait)'.S!lUtinS' relatiw Into.,jOb lie's unfit fo< wouldbe nearly unthinkable. However. it'! aocep!ed thatlOV lII<U1lll:eIlIC"t will use Iheir inn""nc" 10 lakegood care of1heir way",-,mj offsprins . , . offworld,A Karns;i Continental Di=1Qt, fo< inSl!ll\C(;, i. in

a 1IU<Jd IN'>iliun lu 00 """'" 1lJIIIil.inj: [av<lfS, """nfor an rn-q:..rial noble , .. and the return favor oftenlIlkcs the form of"lookin~ after the kid."

ECOLOGYKamsii's ori~inal ccosystem has

been beavily mo<Iifie<l. First. it \Va,

changed to bnng famiilal' plant' andanimalo to a privatc cltatc, in thesame v,ay ~ntury homeowne"brought turfs'"!! to the Arizonade,en. Lalcr, modifications wer<:undertaken to cre.le ."ifiei.)ecosystem. for the tourist trade, .odto erase anything that W/IS un«>ope"alive. TIle lalter Is viewed by manyECientislS wi1h RC"" horror. One zool­ogist has been Guotcd as ,ayilli"!IJ1msUCo is interested ooly in theshow. K""'sii ;, not a wildlife pre...",.... Of even a lI:)Q, It II a circus ofthe worst <Oft, where rlll<e hom, arl'

glued 10 white horses to mal::e theminto unicoIIl.'i ... evt:ry U"" ,,,,lun,li,(,';cw, Kams:;i with ""vulsioll and di,;..

PERMANENT GUESTSMany people ch",o~ tQ reti,e 011 K"",sii.lllC

planet encourages these "permanent suest •."Their background is checked thoroughly. ofC()U"""llJl<! "Qoody who 100\;., like a troublemak­er i'i pcrmitled 10 move in, Those who arc accept­ed nrc good citizcns. lllld wben the kids come 10.i.il. e'eryu,IC 'lJ"w,h llJOIlt:y.

Especialiy welcome are retiredacadcmics and nalurolist> who eM"""" a, part-lime ~'lJI..ultan[); 10 themuseums. gardens, and zoos , , ,and

computer experts who mil!bt lend IUl""ca.ional bil of expertise \(} lhepianetary Nel. ThiS means th.t,though Kamsii h... a "r",U papula·lion. nne', chance., of finding. rec·ogmze<l expert in any glV(m $uhj«t"'" ,urprisingly good.

16 KAMSII TODAY

ANIMAL CONTROL" COlIIllIQfl problem in ,ntmll! port. over !he

)'c.n I"", Ixeo1 how to protc<:t the guests from It.<:~, ..",."~~ wi'" animal•. \I;hilt III !he:.."., ume allowin, tourisU; 10 view and i&lIencIWJlb lbau. KanwiCo·. R4D Division bai dpd.

opfd a~ oolurioR, """ich .... been1I1ct....mcd ,h. chip." Kams"Co jealoualyauanh lbt: laJup dr:aih. but II is a subcuul·1II/OO!i electronIC device "'hieh I, IRWZIIed~aficr the ""iTNlI's bknh by fteld velerinari:lnS, IIcomhine, a OPS I""alu, wilh he.lth monitorsand 11IC0'l"""atol ~ve,al remolOly CMlmllt.lIbehlIvionll modirlCGlioo lechnolosies deYelope<lby KmmiiCu U¥I'l' lbt: JC4II •• I" .....diOl! 10 1I'1Id<­illl .....h Utman loeallon, Ihe chip f'tnnh'«lIIlIUIIm: In Madp" its bella, iol~ 10~,V;'hm.~ ......~_a lOUnSt groolJI. a tum may be _I m'""~'them clscwbcn:, (If" the hc/'QYiom] modificalion!""e""mming lo; rel1lUlely lII;li ..oII~ l<J lnalc!hemIIOn-hootile- (or cartooru'hly friornJly) or JUSI IeittIo hibemalion,

ATTRACTIONSKIm!iiiCo $a)'1~ 'I; _ 10 do CCI~

Ihan an hi: ........,~li>haJ ill d• .., 1iIdima.lbc:"'Ofld'. allr;Ioctlonc "'" calculaled lD IppeallO lhe~ vanely ofWl~ ., Md bAnk 1lOCOU<U

THE NATURE PARKSWid, • ",1..,Ic ....-.1d to cboo:IoJe- frum, the lillI!­

Joneses. and lhm' m1mon, "-.- I \'aIielyof' amazIlll I>atPtC al1n<:1iOlll, 1'bese fall ,nlO

n...tYJll'>'

Ayo~

"".." an; all2l tIt,n an: kill "" II'll",,,] andpn&linc Q l'O"ible. TMy .... viewed tlllly byair/raft; 00 I\JJelt eycr louche, tIt¢ ground. MCUlyof l!le>;e "'e "~al where ,casun.llk: .i,ilulb, if!hey lbooghl lllhrough, ....'OOld not KWlI to selfOOl, Bwnilll de-:lC-n, and colorful t,,",llaowls,~aod AfriaoI'I vddI (with IlIm) and ....IIlWJIIJWIPe- (wilb makes), rro..a pow WKICS 'tIltQ..bi"l iLebap ,. ,md._of 11 is ly~ KarMli', IlOl ~l:o:'no' a hit or enhaiUlIltlll.

whO~lel il'l a r'/l:works .how OY1:t 1M An:tienisht, or. roOOI pylhon '0 danglol fmm ,he treeon the dey. the- real ones don't <how \Ill'

The tours art prtUy mllCb lbe $llI1e It .11""'OI\'lC Icvel~, except llIat lbe dIeIpK llIe toor,the more peeplo YOIl'" ~hlno.g Ih' veblclewilli, A milklk~lln pany will coc>.i.M of •<!o:af,n IIIlgc oun'nfts, each.,;m a bun<l!ftl r-­....J:CtI. and some will bo .....u:h1"C ftum per,Sl'JIIlIl yiew"""""", UlIJI>I ...r ~'" lune nll.er ibMwindows. A 1I0bio Hcprsinn, on the- olherh.nd, will ron,ist of a few ,ighlsee'. in II singleIn.",II'>U~ nOO1;n~ bnKc .•.11I1 ~K:y won'l ,",canodJer cnli U1 tile sk)' WIIil tIley get back 10their holel.

umrted UseA lim,tcd·U$e :lIM is OM where people .....

vi>il W ~IC tl'OURd, bul only in spa:irocd _ys.MOf! of~ .". -nalurar' hiklnl!:. l'uId:",""kinland boIl.t1n, AfC-I\S, where vlcalionors aro &triedylimitoo 1I1 wlt.t ~K:Y Cnn brin~ in .nd take out.Each ",ch ~ite " quite limited in 'M numher ofvisikn tItaI il C3II harKlle per year. ancI C\'a)' sooftc:n.lIIlc> m....t bo: allawal 10 -relit" for.)'eM(If".~ 10 ~~ and wltdh,., ",,,''',,_~r. Nat.rally, vi.ill to 'ueh ,itea are fairly

-~AIIOIhet type nlloml~ liIe k Ibf .'gn:em\OIIl'~ M<»I of lItcx an: mundane bPI hc:Iutiful... for inMance. a~yri\'tfboal ride lhroolh

tempeute counlry, wah ~tol" al varlo". rec,c,lUions of hi.toriclIllitcs.

Some of the gruullll Iw'b OIl" am...in,. lbcSIIpmlOYI, lilt_. IS a tOIler 00IISIer built

iII,around mdavathc N-.. Valley•• rift thIII"",l<~ Olcl TemI's GrMII C1III,... Iuo.:;j. Ii....dra;lIace ditch. In • 1O·millute ride, theSlJP"OOYI gn a1taMtdy travel :Ilowly, a few1M tmm ,he canym walk. with bcwtUul nx;uaro:I fOSSils on one side and a tnlle-<leep drop on~l(; Olher, .. p1unJC most of tMt milc~l'dropin halfa min"'e. anc1 'wnnp up lIti~in.Ill.1Ually

luvin, !he track' for ,i~ I«Ondi to IUp lhoClUlyOll. Some say the- SupemlI\'.I. is a hidcoosde_,IIIor. of a beauut\,1 norut:aI artraaiuII. billMbody who has __ nddeoI it _ t.- ... _ imm

• oirfnft as tbe silver bJlkl em~ inIo Ibt;tIIISl _ will noer f"'1J"lll

KAMSII TOCAY 17

MDthtJr NatureStrikes Back

o....,.te K.w.liCu'. bal df<1f1 ,'fIll"IOe'

~ IIIIUfe reti>sIes lO SICp 10 1lII .-II: ODdread illi lille$ property. Althoul.h 1!Ie<)xnpMy .. hal wmidenIlIe 1tJC:Cla. InrtC""""a", daagemoa preclIIorl,. '­... Ins -.:sfuI Dr. ca:lln>Ilint WII&1kracIIW.. wbu _ ...... nu:h dlntflT"ll ISaanoyin, _ -.nI IDl:aI peslS persist despi16e1foru 10 a.l1CCC Ibcm. A paniwbrly per'$i$tenl Vlriely of IfIll.e W8 inlroduced a1

_ tl!T~ duMB. the Long Nishi. and hlIlIonly =o:;ntly beftI eradiQt>:;d _ lbt:y min;'.Ailinlnt.tnIlOO have ntglltman::s IOOul 'kllSlwould happen if a pregnonL fem~le of ""ymcm~r of ~cnUl RalfUS were LO ~u"i,c

'luOl1Imlne. And rumor< penist thaL one ofthe "Nature Pra:.erves" i. protectilll g 1\I:llUl'­al _lOr of:lllml: hidt:ou> plaiue.

Open UseOpen- """ 10 2I.l \'isilon, ot~

0IIIy allOmlllal ke.Giila.1my~tnib~.

wid!: • hlp1ny<. widl ....t '*" ODd comf<1f1___ ewry few hwl<bd y.Wo . , , .llIIlII"Il ••~. III qWa as a owpgn. WI IltilI ..,.,..and pIeaQnI RJr!tllllr city _lien, 1Iu, " all1lII __~!hey aon SWId. MlISl of tb;$c; a=s_ in lbt: _ temp" " of ~li""I'" MI cuesrs......·t~ w"""l ot sufhr heatslrobor clull, n- that ;arc III all k"hoJ.k:.wll,l~ .....carefully monilOfOd.

or course, opc:n-use areas degrade: very quick·ly. They'n II()I. ~ nIIIwul ... 1hcy look; the ~r.ul

and bv.she' Jtc ,,,acLically mlXlifl"d to gmw'J"lckJy and stand a 101 of \W:1r. When Illite $lartI;

10 look b<lrtelttd (which may UII«: ooIy a coupk: oftIIOIllbl) ~'s clo:!cd.w ua...J "II. If I(an'l<il ""'"10 nnspIInl new hundrcd-,--oId lrWa iroln halfaworld ""JY beeause the old ooes ft amd amdyina rill'" IOJXXl cliJoIlin& d1ikftn Ill'll!, ~...;a pi-. _lmeS.. II 11M a pbneIli>lI ofm.n.

Huntinglbeft iI &ImDa "" !aJIltmc ott "'-i III e­

a. IUmIriCo reds Iba "'t*JQd IopIA1a~ IR IIllI'"!'I••••1aIr; 1/\ tilt ImIily -....pI..'" (Fishulg,011 !he- odl« haI>d, is pen:nillCd i/\ many 1lII'CU,

and -.;1lmany~•.)HftWflVtr, il OCCll<ionally ha~nl mal the

"Afrtun" herds need culling, or a Hanlen',

bear b<xorTlC' elpc<:..lly 1Il~",i"" lO'Wal\l ~'"lIllltn ur lIS kind. A. ,Iult poilll, some DObie Indweallby Ouest w,1I be UlVlled to help !be hauI­Jone. famIly dell with the problem NO! alOIfari.)'flU uowleAand Ecological control. SUI,t WOlIJd be a &lIatne In let tbo:t ......xrflll pelllP lDwalC .

Ry~'t ,,""'_.lheIle Iluall ..'.p.ibD;;ia:d ......... .-act, b>t I!lcy _ ~a l"'eS';I~ nem ill lIIObk ~in;b. IlDd win 1M.w....~Kamsii eveIII more JOO<twill

KAMSII ATTRACTIONS

FROM ATO Z~'"~, whlt/ies:~ ..., <:orI"Unt ~I_.

wide dlampl<)OSnlp ladOO" and l00mlim'nts Ineve!)' individual Md double:! sport l<oown to 1llc=hll):o:::,iu",. ~lttllll~llY of the mo", porlll~r te.m.poru GUe$li are encour>lsed to "nler, md priusan: gtflt:rous.

&b,.Wlllr: Wlint to h:!v," flln wltllout .heb$?1lll: Camp Kame" l'K'l;Jam wiD Uep!hemso ""sy they WOn'l mi'" you, for II. da, Or a"uJII,. ll1e CIlUIRIrn "'" <tilted. the aaMlieiarc safe lI.Ild ftClllnl. and !he- prices are hi&ft,Some~ xnd their kids 10 J<amsU lI.IIlI taLcdrir awn ~........ hrwne-

8Dn oM """'flU: They·re~,.....dl- )WI" d>;);cc d lJIIOllK.anu - 1M oWy d:o: "loft­tn:Il .. .-e kpI OIl IlIOIII pblc.. Kamsii _gucZ II> _ d- •• a fun pace. ""' .. elm of rot·bldcb~ [va, in lbc _ obnd.o.p::n­.ive tt:SIlrU. lilt. .....ly tnIly '1wd"'~cIlfmicak _die _ tht nobles brirIg lbc:mIchq.

fk-ry and ",/011 """""1.1: fur lub. f... Wys.for dlildrm.1'ot 1IMll:n. fot Vargr. for k't\·handedm.1hear:Is .•• I1lOSt or these an:~ "II as dub enl£r·WfUTJ'"nl: lQmC llle Oil worldwillc lri·.",..,.

eh,""" The lC.mtii che•• ladder i. an attrac·tion lor grandmaS!." from aero... 0larte<J SJ*lC,a chomc:c to meet L09 COllll."'lilioll in Hompletelyinf".,.,...llIeIIlrog

CliJu, For dDnci"" fot xcing and being._,fot mceunc and dalina.u.pnn~ K3m1ii .....................

....... 10-.Pt.y pmc:l on dx: D1nftot.­lIIil Ibat IahJ yw rIUD lIiP 1;1" ... Ia )'QII"m..l • flisj:ll "'" .. l"""" Idol all day ...)'OlIf frieadln 0Ul SC/'DII& hah air. Scmc <b.~ /Qu>fu, /UJy -.p. fmm my pIaMDwu "P' Feelalleed 10 be lOll.....'" eM fot a

........ ot. ycM'?A~ of l:\'Q)' ..ood andpcriUll an: welcnrne "" Kam~li JuS! wan. 10sarnpIe a dlifertnllltCstyle fa' a ",1IiIe1'" embe IU'teIlgod 100.

18 KAMSII TODAY

&Iitlg: Kam.ii has restaurants for every UlSte

and budget ... a1g""NJrE= to filet mignon.Fishing: In stre:uns, rivers, l:d<es, IlOd inland

seu siocked with 2ame fish from a dozen

-~G~rden... Botunical parks with ,pecimcn.

f",,,, llI.:"'''' the 1"'l"'riuJJl,H..alrh clinics: Spas, weight Ioso, even cos­

metic surgery, Many p(:oplc come bnck fromKlIJIlSii 1ookiIq:: a IUl better than when they left ­and not ju,t from !he fun and relaxation.

Historical rurear;onl: Everything fromViand l!l Terra. from the Neolithic to the P"'""nt.Uiscover tire. Uiscover America. Ride withAnila the lIun or Eneri the Conqueror, sail withNelsnn or Norris, travel with Amundsen to theAntan:tic or wlth Cleon II to Thutmos IV. Partywith Cleopatra or debate philo,ophy withSocrnre•. Or viC" vet"•.

Hiver Land: Walk through thi, fascinating,educational re-creation of a Hiver community,I'op"l.re<l by real. frleMly Hlvers who will mlk10 you! Learn firsthand about this alien 'pecie,!(There', a DroyllC Land. too. but it', hard to getri<:tel' fighr now, see p, 2'l).

Ice ami Sl'I<>W: For skiing, skaling, snowballs,

""'>=ry.Jobs: Klomsii is alWlly1looking for attrocti,'e,

personable, cooperative young people to W<Mk asbosto; .md hostesses , .. !lfId computer talent ofany age and appearnocc, as long as it followsorders . , , and perfo"""ltCi' mlenl of every kindyou ,an imagine - as long as il i$ll'1 lacky or-,

Kid SfI<jJ: There arc many ,pecial attraction,""I.• for children,

I1w ml"playin8: Some """n";<)< ...... playedout in whole buildings and take days, with CClS­lu"",,, ",,,j 1"'-'1">, n"",e on: also l"I<<le oud negu­lialion gamel Ihal guells ~an play a$ they'reenjoying the other ot1nlcti""".

Mar/wi am': On~ reasun fur K...mu" hiKlrlevel ef peace is that everyene who work, withGoo". is trained in "soft" tnll1tinl nrt, like judoand aikido. This is one of the Imperium', bestplaces for Iraming at any level, with moreMaster~ per eapita than any planet in theImperium.

Muuums: The museuml on Kamsi; tendmore toward ~pcclacle than education or~, bul they ha"" <OITIe ",m",hble exhibit',elpecially in history and nalUral leienee, TheKarns;; col1cctiom include ~uch llIlCicnl lrcMures"". the Olllenhe~Rib." and X_Men #1. nnr In men_tion the Hope Uiamond (an ancIent Terran arti­facl) and the Giivaasb parchments, Visiton can

marvel al a robolic re-enactmerll of the Pi",Coronation. or walk through !he largest KaresJ<yBone ever discovered.

Natwt~: On islands that Kamsii scraped10 bare rock and pain<takingly "'00;11 w;th C"QSy~

Ie"'" from Earth, Vland, Core. and 0Ihcr worlds.Opm mike: KalI""i Ira:; ioll; uf Ilf'IXXIIInitics f..­

the guestS to get into the ,how, with !tinging, c0m­

edy, or displays of talent.,,"I SIwWI and C<Nttffl.,: If you bmnght Fluffy

with YOII, !here'. ""melhing for him 10 do 100.

(Note, though, thlllllOl every opccies ofp« is wd­come fIl1 K.'n<;; _ nothing r\angI=u.., nothing lhaimighl escape and be a pest, Md lIOthing untilmiliar10 Ihe Company'l biologisrs - and every pelhrnnghl nnrn Ihe world mmr carry a localorunplant.)

Quiet: Out it', e,pensive. And in fael. manyreoP\.e come ro K~msll. wlI/'JW tllt.y know Ir or!lOC, to see .. ,0Iber people! Only at !he noble get­aways is there tn\Ilquilily. and many of the oobksprefer insread 10 mingle wl1l1the rooisy m:asses . , .irs &afer and more flln here than al home,

Retim",;nl; You eM :spend the rest of your lifehere'seep.16

Typical Karnsii SouvenirsHi""r Hnr: S<ll'l tlofIry plasri<:, wilh ~ car­

toony Hiver head slanding up in fronl and"fuet" and "tail" lutnging down. CrIO.

Uft Bell' Wilh tile Kamsli logo. Ct'7'50.J- V Car/MIn holocub~ featuring Ihe

adorable Kamsjj ch~tcr;s. Crl5 for tlu«boors of htallhy family hi_jinks.

Cuslomkcd "",..ion of a Komsii cartoon,computer-genel'llled. with you or your childst.rring oppo<;te thOle (amoo. character<Cr2.400 for the Ii,.,l 10 minutes; Crl,!») foreach additioual Len ",inule5.

Stuffed Hanun's lua, toy__ Voi~e Chipprogrwnrnttble for various llge levels and 15I"l)guage~. C,W,

CoS/umeJ: Fromevery hi.todealpcril>ll un r1ua,,~

of worlds, all vcr·ilied lIS ....thcntiehy «pc:rI hi:<luri­an•. Or, tf youprefer, fantasy~IlMumes fur everytaste. CrlOO and up.

KAMSII TODAY 19

The K.msii KklsK...,.;;.', c.noon u........ "" l.DJy. mEd

10'00 IhruuJhnuI ,he lmpt'rilUD lIIOd beyoo>d.Thtre arc~ of Karnsi; dl8r'ICIcr$. Amo'ln&tho: bcst kJ>oo,f,'n'

"l'he F~uy R,.",.""f"S: Three shaggy brothen"'1111 hIck clOlllimgand KccnU. Ooc i>HWIWI. OM vary.olle Allall, billlhcy're brothers.TM.y a"" al",ayo V'YJdumsy bUI "'ell­mc:lUlini;. OCI:uil1ll­ally <IIrewd. ulu.lly"upid. Disaster fol­low, lbem, 001 1RI1bloodshed. andeveryth,nl uWllly.... ..n.

FlfHJlU., w.tI.,l:He just ....anlt to beIilte everybody else.nd gel .Iong.Unfortunalcly. hitfed .lie 1Il~ f\o;II­.. a "OIIf* el yard!;~ the pwnd.. He iI_'My •• ned of bc1n&~,L1Juurb

Sltoppi!l&. For many people. il·. oot I v-"""wilhool ~ lillte illo",,10&_ Or. lot of shepping.K.m,il obliges W,lll a myri.d of convenienlly1oatIecl1lypc:n"Mlb.

s"....u clinia; w.mr .... ..art on )"OlIl" b)"J'"'lIOIfpille' Pins-9O"'l'/~?Alw;I~ "'*'" '"It)' indMduaJ n:-cmry. bill ...w I hi! r:I ....:t.igz?Will. Iu k2m l<l rid" I ~I Earth rlGClr. borw'!Th,. is.1l>e 1'1- _and you c:ln', p=ib/y P hun.

"TMaters: For .Illasles. From lowbrow bur­~"" lhruugh llle "".~'I llol musi<:~1 comedy.\0 tho: JI>(lOI termed Mlciell1 K.obulr..i or Vishuulu.Top Wcnl_ '" Kam!.ii. So Wa IXJIIom llI1­me if you ..... ICl join .. an an. or F lllf"IIawIlb Olbeo' _ 8lld. put 01 I .,.,.. ..... pro.fca,iouJ direclioa. KI,,~ij will ~ 1IlIPl'Y TO

obliae. and your fdlo..-I""'u will provide an

""""'"ThriU rides. AlIli..,!>." f..Im grnV""-lm~

(",!be kOts. 10re~ for the: oooJes with 100 muchmoney ...•00 everylbinJ: in between. Klmsiibo&scl2,487 A:6:r D.lIL';ICn. laalDllll.• -'I ..I fffllllllgTwv- pnpcn. mc1I"""ll the ......... 13­k;__ e__ .., j • I.

lbe wort:I is _ used. He explaIDs. KNo, I'm.JG$f Iighlertbla air·

Goog IJIld YiIi.'1Wo .mnrplloui t>l~ bolli.Th~y communlcale by knocking thingsdown; !he llllllinjl: and crot>Chinj, (.lId "",,,­

tlnn.1 HllloJ;ons)are comp\l\er mor­plIfd illIl) ~ia:lI.G~AIJ~

old \'argr lady p""",10 faotlll>li\ I...... She:Is actually a 0"1"'<_genius crimcfilhter.and ltn hUls dL,·luite all kindo orp1gcla.

There are nn~ "Ilialns (atlent not nlmed\II""') in lhe "a""',icartoon pantheon.Mnnu,gcmcnl feci.(hut", onmln,,; ..gv,lla,n send. theIInC005CI0", mes­

"",e: IMI evilull ~ l1ereatd hm n..verclemoyed• ..-1tidI1tley lilld .....ett!>ng.

Urtllnlt'M cl?tli': Ki/TUll can fll'o(\ out ex3ctlyIIow mIlCh you're worth. and is hlIppy to let youspend e-ay aedil of it.

VR .1iJIoJ: 8fc anybOOy. 00 1ft)'Ih.-.s- Well,llImoolanyIIwIg. While rumor .... iI thoI"..,asina tit< riakpalm wit F )'11'" I ~«lull tim. !be fact is b:!hIE io lIOIldl1rC)'OU eIIII1JllOll Katsu.~: Evcryt/lln& fn:rm &Ii1terin1 caoioo>

rull of DDC--CfCdit .u ma:hl..... III IIl~ moms,II meW.away mountain _ where !be nobIeaplay for planell and inheritt.neel.

x-.,,;. K-ilullii IIll'I cnmmp..ti,lIi"l:e<l every ""b·day iI cwJd fig! 1XI.1boUt. and if. hid l;Ctl1tlriesfor - ch. E>tty day is a holiday OOI_ben: lJII

KlImii (-' they bzw::nl hid In~ rTICft tl>IaI few (llIl of"'hoIe clolh,l.

Y",i; A$ well .. ace mc-tlCll. tarii<obii, Cn:Il pb­bIo:r.lIlld Itklleft ncherm~~ fromaeros. Cltarted Sp3.ce. Some are acton in coo­tume, 0lhe11 are robotic '" holoirnllhic .. ju,t li1:;.pio:c up !he woortland IOUI'S a blt.

bKJI:~ 1M _ llQtI hn!o>ooI WIlb oimu­

IIIal anill I incbdi... p"""'" ,.......... fimIEartlI and Vlalld MOSI of lbe ZOO "realI/resdo 110I ha'4dIIJ- (_ p. 17): tbm;'U10 need fur it.

20 KAMSII TODAY

. .• '. '. CHAFliERTHREE'. . '..' .,. -' ..' .

•··~e2Xfbp·~~aft1Sl~_·~- , ' - . 'r "... . . . . :-,§jdt"~t'i,,,":<1~{~~' ....,. -:

." ~,,~, ,"-" ;~.F.~ .J .'.I:,....",.,., . ..'

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TRACEKmmj's uw:Ie~ ... nearly uruque The

world Iw Ultlc in lhc WRy «imporl!expon u.k- \ll'~ 1'J'U """ul I-"'U\lle ..1Il ~mJ.ib Illi UlIdcogoods "Karns;; import! mOM~ and upon.memorics,M as 0Ile eo;QI"J(lffiiSllo"Jts it. Many have.!'C"ulalro UlllllI' si:tt: of Ihc flll1urlC III be ma<Ieif KwnsuCo decided to tr.l<Ie on Itl propncwytee:hno1oIY. pllreicularly l""it biOl~h appl;ea­liuns. In 11M: ab"''''''' or r""", aboul \Iih., thisleClmoIog)' <:an actually 8CCOmphsll. 1Iw 'magi_nation hQ run rampanl - 0111; ""OlldI:rs if tbc:IeCIU wouJd Jt:em as Ina: ifall were ~kd.

KlmsillllortWl (lII' "mini_...... n"lIf J·lroulelI~ tho -.-Ida of Kapsh (3121),Kifu lJ,.Lo (2721). l/uu;Jdirb<:r (2821). e,,&,,,,,(2922). Gurishi oon). mel Kanb'l;lf Ir (3123).Kuuij II aclf_suf'lCi<>1I.1 ill foochluff. «Y'CII

lWuIh "Cf)' Iillll: ma. is lkn.-.l ...~~

~'5 farm5 _1IllI1I mi \U)' llI&hly 11IIO­mucd). K&mSii imporb l""ury J:OOd. and raw11IIIIailds f.... its limilcd r.:uy baoe.. Some IuIld­.... malenal< .... IIso 1II1fIONd; _ .. 01 _

IoQlly qwrnod, and I single 1nW'''t IICd milland nlc~rmm!,." mrft pIaAcIary neeIk.

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Karnsi; Upofll hltle. payi"l , ..II r , illimponJ, bullhe~ IfIfloIIr ollPl'l!ft fn)mto<nWn IlIOl'e lh:uI offscrs my imblolanoe. Theaoimuions Ind IIlhc, p ...J,,~~ or lh"ED~~m DivISIOIl lIlm'alilllS J(llIIt'e

ofincomc.

KAMBII'S POLITICSSirK:C the h.istory of Kamsii nar1ed wilh. •

betrayal. all>! ",ill, ~llIl<,ilaI lIIP:1CY. il .hwklllulbe ...rpris.in, Ihll lhe h:rnl-Jonl'$ famIly, IUIdl<un6iiCo. _ Imperial loyalists. For !he most

pari. I.llal .,mply nle..',!hal !hey pay tilt.. \.aMIon lime ..... don"1 corrupt

lhc local SlIfpM oI6ciab....y ""'"' l!LIa aec: .)'"'do ....;....

ID wmi""" Ihou&b.lheIilellU lit Klml" I'"plac<:d II I"" ..:....i" of!he Imprrill pmpaganlbmlchlne. Du,inll theThird Fronuer Wlr. forin"""""'. I rolo1 Inll f('lf.bidding Zhodani exhibJlwa$ "",al,d. 11 Wll veryp"p"lar. II CIM~I1. ofcourse, shortly Ifler theend of the will'. Th; ""hib­I' w~. ~re.led IN'leflydU"lIg lhe Foullh IndFifth FroDhcr Wan. bul

do\Ied llpIn II lhe condu<ion alhoolihdes"-" the 1""'P'lIl'...io ca_llllIde dur

iDll IDe Founb FroPllI:< Woe can Kill be.~Two III plrtle,,11r Ire <'OlIlld.....d dutiet.~ W"1klik~ tbc MarimsM it .....­diN uiwDlJb. IIllI lh< $CUlt" 01 Ill< oJrill~dlcluullill Woklik't I~~ rniJ.liono: of T_...ins IoCfOU the ImpenlUl1. 1DCludllll lOme InM.illC Ju".1..cI •• AJ'" -o.w: Eocri BUUllln.

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wllhIU~gIy fnAIRlallhodam Idepalhs. pvcHlIIlWUb Ihc e:atcll-phruc MI c...·, read whal'•IIUt lhm:!M

EXTRA·STELLAR RELATIONS 21

0e<:1\l$C of lhi: famiJ.y'. early ~illliull wilhlII!2.Vln(lI" SoIomani frIions.they llllt3Cled con­Iidenble _lion <bing lhi: Sokmani Rim w.(99() 10 1002). bill no evidcocc of oollu!lion withthe SoIom&nl COIlfeder.lDon _ ~ fQllnd. No..Solon-'~ wu produoc:d dunntlb< contliu. .......,...,.., ,o1jeMlQl .. dlc $\lbjeelmlY lull be I IOn: pollll .. ,Lb Lbo hiUI.~funily.

Ka....i \k.oQ, ...... r. as .. ~,....-e.llIII ... 1••• wilh !be ................ BUI __ dlIl

....JClaC!ICI nor lmpai&llnldlil'Cfl'C~ &I\YWubt lbIl K.unsii wtllIld mme lltrnlJll for theImperium In an emergcncy. On the ...holc,S~phon rontid<:.. Kamsii an '1JlIlOCWlI "Xl.likely 10 be nverlt>nke<l hy {he foe. of theImpertum. There i, some concern withinImperial lntelligence Ihol lhe: Hivc.r jXl\M:'.:c VIIKamsll InllIcate~ thm the Federation hu qUiloverlookinG II, but given the HiVffil' well knowninscrulabiHty, we cannO! know precisely whatthey an: Ullin nn thr WOfId Pnhaps, II oomedI·... AnIon Wilf(lll Pe3Ie Rlgge!U, tlley _look·~ for C(Im dol =ipel.

The Gig on Kamsii"Kuwui.: WIIu' cun I JIIY ubolu KIiNii

, f _ rJrm 1at:....J1;., f IItJvm'u"Ilaf _,:II,,'I"...-.'e. reunll, '" f J",,', Lw ......., I'M~1o",,1IriJ~d. ,-...". .Ii&I_t18..~ -t ..... "'-J" ... -.m r¥, ......-_ jt>f~ 1_/IUf "",,",.-1'"OIl rM~ tMJJr ...... ~ -of",,­,.",.., <>a. .......,. pad> ........ 0rtIy __

w.. it, n'Cry _I '" It,...,. AJ-,J IlnuJ,..Ihd, "'p> uWooI ....... JttiNN~ tftllOW

1"'''1''''' bwIo n. 'I'll It "',I1nD"i., <mI<o.IOdLd II:> myjiort~ AIwf I Iud bmu SQF. 1do "'" _ d>at IJw'I /iIlmIIJ)' IlKt /Ir;e...., 10"')',.... "".,t( tNy JeIt,.er i, in /Ir;e """""41jaJ/l.;0/1. / "" "ol......."t 10 ;"",1, fha, ,iI<: X<imJUCompDn)' ..,o~ld do anythinj in the [llW;mprope, ur WrJi"tU. l'ktu. don'lllIt nul

,./ wl.h 1 oould jlgU" "''' .../wt it ..... thEY..,,,mll'<!. hu')'O~ bww,)'<'" can', "ad .'/>at'._w","

MtM Wi...,., P."kTN$ bwr»kw, e..,,;lalK'on,QJ5/11J

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EXTRA"STeLLAR RELATIONS

KAMSII AND

EXTRALITVJ&dl:il Highport and hd<il Down IN both, of

0llUJ'3C. un<lc:r Imperial lu!hority. Dill the. ~Ia­

liUll.ltip bt:tw~n KI"'-~;iC"-" ~n<\ the Iocll Pl:>nAutllollty IS close alld friendly. KamsiiCo hascenturies of experience ;n showinll its Iwrecia­lioo willtt)(ll offering anything llke a bribe. andmany sW'pDrt WOO"xom hope to "'llfll on Karnsii,

ladl:ill):,wn i:I almost .....iQUC: amon, 5tarllor",moot having I~ There~ hili bem I

k1w-conuol1fU ... tho pl3net. and if KlunsiiCohas its way, tIlcre IIe'Ia" will be. The only way outof the. drt\ltllpnI'I k t1rrongb I <ingIe hut!, bolt)'rmI -.on II ItadII<> wIw. _ p/IaneCI wouldall I'uIpon Control. K.mii calb il. 'M:k:t.II..,EHJI'IIle tJIIt<l1o. f1'\. ,CU. -.yclO! ...,... tlVwgtl w",koo>.... Idmtitics lite venfoocl,tho KamsiiCanl il i=Jed Of "1/',.." .. alIll ..J>eOierOtlei ;~ dittned I<> U2n<pOIIllut wiD getIum 10 his nol destilliltion. Welcono: i$ tIx;~....y 10 a dlU)"iIlJ: tOll> of""~' 1tlUfllni1~.

air lmtIinall. aIld alrfr3tl plazas. COtll1CCll"i to....cation sllC$ all ova" the pW>ct.

ee

~ II 1:Ict. I \lllrfOWD • .t.!z:il D:toi'aponhllIlteeome .. oo-'III'Orid~ for lI'lM)' of thethings K~i;Co fOlbub. - "'e"PO..... Clime,~lel7Y en,enllnmenl$. privary. KamsitCo'l,nflucnoc IS o:lClISive and far-reachint. SO theSI'A hal =son 10 er.rieate Iho:: II ..... qpqllOUSviol.un. Ako), K~m</lCo tom a Iosl: on someot i,. cbeaper aou~n;f'iI, with the """ of drivinSproduce!"> or cheap knockQff, ",,1 uf business,And. of COllNe. SplICe Inside !he Extntht)' hne ilat a premium, and faw unapproved ltu$ine$lCScan afford the rent (especially since cheaper dipe::tn be found only 1.Jump away). A certain tndIin unl<am$iiCo-"PPfO"C'I CIlIel'pri:$c:li toakes placein the ohadoor c.:(lUOIuy pn:scm m l:Va}'~,but Jadzil hu lea or this sort of 1IIm8 _ !he---Jadzil Hi.ltl"'{1 i~ primarily de~i.ned H'~ md aIflplft .... Itu~ lIIlmbcr of~,en arri... i.s Ind dCpln;nJl; daily. Klm$;i~ a Mpir_... .....m- or~ "J-­ing 1lIrougb" ca 1OtI~ to Olber des\Jnalion$, buttho IIUItlber of me,,; i& dwmfcd by the~liuc:no. KmmiiCt> ruel s1ttmler> ttlOI:e ~I"" runsto tlle s)'Slftll', SMg_.1IId pI!ilICIfSCf sItwtlIInan _wttly l'rom tbc ""'lOId'$ S\Ufacc 10 orbtlwodbldapin.

CI-iARACTEAS

KlIm<li If; " COi.,l\tIe WOI1d,llullts plurnbtn.." shoe sa/ecmeft have preuy much the sameskilb a the-ir COIUIIClpUD elsewhere - tllCfe ;sIlOlhl"t unique "mu. Kam.u thM requi~ $p&­cia! _ilk 10 liY6 m-. The _ie<y, ",,",'evcr, i:I~ll) dilferenl fmlll!be ImpC:fialllonu.

TEMPLATESNo neW templatel arc: rc:quirc:d for Kalll,ii

cllllmel~'" _ T\voir ~jlfe~fICe.'l all' lOCbll and CIII­Wl'tl. and l1f1! bea rdlecled in the cboicell madedurin. chariIClCT ercatiofl and in the ,,"illlde ofThe pllI}'ft' MIl GM Characlm flom ICImsIl "'"norm&I Humans genet3led us;ng lhe lempl.teoround in OVRPS TrtrvdIu. pp. 82-98. with tileex«pdons of Barb....ian (neepi for lhoseAIIthenricisu f"CtDtdinlllU be pnllVli>oe), BelICO"(Ibm: ve beb in dto: ~plQn. but Au UP: ~ WID'

... Ibttll), Boi.Inly H..-r,COtPlt, -.I RQgue.~tk " I " Evayone m... KIwii,.;u be

r.niliir willi Ibc: Aulbl:Wci>b. u1l1tU1M will bepnrobonm 10 llIJ"lI=r or IesRr u_. lJI prK­lie,1 tums, Ibis means Ihey will be: oricnlcd.........u. tlll'~) or as. HIIRllUl (lll1l nea:o­sanly SoIomIruJ mlllll'e,lI.IId wl1l U1P1 drtSSutglip. For mor<: del.ili on lhe AUlhen"dslS,,.,., p 14 anil PI'- TRFlSlJ..61.

PM FRDM KAMSIIA PC or Nrc may "ve. K.nw.i lI.lI Ius plIc:e

or binh. WhtdIer he ernbrarr5 hi!; background01" IS n:beillns agllmt 'I, !be pianeUry eu!11In:willMYC left ;ts nwb 011 his wlls and penon­ality,~ will be 5lro11geJ in some, weaker inolhe", ~nd lhore are a lhousand d,fferentromblnalions, but mOSl of thcoc lrails will beP"'-.em In mo.<I roenrle ... i'll'>1 "" K!lmSII'

• He's likely 10 ba"" good oocial &kills of lhe~civilil:cd" variety. Ik will PFitolc 10 crowdswhen'" IVRnl< II'> hRve a ,GOd 11 ..... He'll~ to • chlllJenge WIllt I smile whet: thin I

punch, lI.lld will appeal 10 auIbonIy ndlu!han_11.. iIllnp h'-lf

• Ha won'l haw much if llrty Sll'ftllViH;Kam:lii has Ml ~bId IlCj&J!b;.JIIu.d>~ ...... _y1I"1e crtme E_ ICMMii~ do _ wortVJlI. hi&h c.cb _illance. r.Ilber m.. ""IJkia&!be _ SlJtItU. Kamsij's nlt::ltleSi itIeet is onlydigblly JI'IlI11P)'.

• H~'U thInk tIIIlI cash i. sli&htJy disrep­utable and pcr. _ bil JUI'lIUil;~, ~'. llsed,,~ aedil all "'. hfe. lbe idel of pnvale<>WrlCrlihip of Inod will be alien and c:<dlin~.

• He will be wmfurtllblc Wilh oornputel1land ..... ilI coo$ider any place without" planetaryinfosy.l.m to be primitiv<:.

• Ho IIIl1Y .pprCClltlC. bit of phy,ical prlVll­cy once in a whll., bul he's used 10 lIrangersknowm, hi, rwnc and life hiltoly, one! he xeswmlam lIUtI'Cilhmce ,.." VlIllllI.bIe ...ciIllnrol

• He probably lIunts he llkcs nature, but heIViJl ....: DO idee whII • rcal ..-ilcil:mess is 1iU,aDd Ill. cl'>ncefH of ~1"8;ClI manasemenlstarts. "!-,m you kill off the <bngcroua stuff,IlId tbea you decide when: to put tbe ll:elllCo...blb R

• He probably !hinb be's "'phi$l,Clledbeeau"" he come, C""" a hi&h'ICCIl, ee1llralworM ....h millil\nl 01 GliOSIS" yeti' IJt ftd. bygalactic sundards, "', beerl rai$ed iJla proIeClcd. if net ectuaIly pnsdillt, CDVln,lOlDCIiL W1ll'1lhe leaves Kamsii, he ",iII he _ity uclled or"";Iy $hodted ... or both.

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• n.. dwlces "'" !line0111 of 10 Ihil be', III

A"Irotic:ist Iftl<·u,•• il\beu.lI<~ M', ,~"II:f nOI

ink=ted - Ix: ,..., IIJMlcr"""l>i<Ic:nobll: li'XW mt:IlUI'­

agemenl to .tO,n lhem as hegrew up,

• He wu elpo""d IIIbane ~oott~ _ com-

tIM llkills ... c.fy~ ,fIto: IrIIlJ Ihr: <Il&fweot: iIwre:<.be _ !!"..... tile~

ly to study e:t~ly, Butun~ he ~:r.< I HI)<Ior '.Cunly ollic.r, he halprobably never uK<!~1eClln~ .'CI"p in <plIt

• He has 11 1«.!&inly ""'tt '"''CI! hocl I

rell e"n On rhe olherhaod. be'. pooW>ly playedwith lOme llIIlWn~y ROOdsimulation. of handguns.rin••, lank lIuns, lralftdafllhtca .

• !ok , IlellhJly wilen... left Kalmii, He's ftOlIlIOd 10 be.. iU. .. b:inI_ad sid: peopIe_ At portOr hi. regula( sellooling,tholilh. lIe hIli l .. llUIIlralning In basj~ fi ... , "'d.QntI he 05SU11'\C! rhol cvery­Vile Im.u,lI lIim will .bomet >ppn>pn~1ym ....of. • 'Is

• lIu1es<i be Wlrll:d ;"_ o(!be erQC,geiiCy ..... iOOii. he _ pobloblync~ upcri~nced ..ri01l5 ~iolenr.e or $COn •IhoJ p=oo.1ct llIonc wimesscd I death. Hella$I\l!ve, ~lSlled • g....veyal"d; Kamsii eremales alll:/Jr1):loO, '"Cl}' quickly, with no "viewin,," period.

• lie'.w:ry~.in ... underslal_ed Ion of.....,. H,i, used 10 dividioIc the ""OridirlIo 'U, _1bc G_:' -'" boldiJlr. the IWOI"JII(lO "....., dll'femv~, Kt', also l5"d10 delemog 10 Comp;tny lUpeIil:w$, He wiJI lootfor • PQUp li>at he UlO n;spco:l and be Io:rJaI .....wherher /r'o IInOrI\er company, • ship crew. or •cnminsl gang,

• lie C<j....tes .~ will, 1QlJl:<.1. 1t:>j.UJSi­hiliry. and <'OlIlI1on., boI. lIOI ....,th. life of !te,""",..so.....:- who IpeOds all lbcir time hIvin,I; fun,ancl~wcrb .alI. is ., .Goe:II! And mati)'Gtsesu ..,-r..e 1"'01*. but lboy'~ 110I .......-

.He_~iDan

otmmpbe't' of~t f..""-• He wdl be veryIWille v[ l"'lIular ~ulmrt:

He can name e'"<'r)' VIUamSlarbuck Hornbeam hasever lnIdI:tI down, and he,,"ill go 011 for Ilo<n ahouITala uftile Ikow.If.

• He ... ilI nod dinlI>eU"""", IlncI Illkr d....IUlCM, bul .... ,11 funk»he'! 11ri1l 1'1:""1) pirc" inaUlomaliully 10 oleanrhem up,.".j will recl baf­n.d reiieDlmem loward1'- who don'l do their....

• .... ",itl U_!y sed10 civilize and~ his~, while .....0.:1,Ine c""llier whh Iho,.aroulll! hIm.

AND WHY

010 YouLeAVe?

• Moot children ofKlm.li. if Ih~y like rhepJanel, <lay Ihere-. So rhe6~rftj(C Kam$;1 exp.tri.u:will I>e ,...m~,,". whl)dodn'l iii '" for one '""""or anodIr:r. IQO _'m....100 qucstillll!nl, 100 soli·

Ury,or JUSlIQO _1duIIIlSlIC.• BUI he mWu have been lural ......y ICm­

JI<nI11y hy an Irm=.<Ifnll jnh ntrer M~ny KlVn<IInallv,," .pe"" •few yell'6 II p"'.enscr ...",i«!crew on the: luxwy OIarliool3. It', 6 c1un, Mrc\lilY In -'"'lIe rile pIny _ Illd you gel paid far il''llIe SJJlICCliIleJ value I. Kamsii bad.gsound.

• A KarrtR; nIli... miibl abo be eocc"''''wntI'\Joornj .....m~ to! dlr C"'''.'Y ICtini1.1 I OODSIlIWll. buY;"5 or $Om", 1eoohnoJoa:y,s/q:JpinJI for • ".... species (or • bJU '" .. _

"f""'dtrom for a mu"um Or lie mighr he u.kingCOlI...... in some odvlIII<:ed spceinlly not laughl 011Karnsii. lmprovin2 his skills to do his job beller,Or he might he 011 liK'I.lOOO •.. III ,,"'Iuc:h Ctil!

he·, likely to be thmklol about bow n~ thi•p.:.: 0;:0011 11< ir il jAI '-' >UDII; &OOli~.Ilylcorpsn..__

24 CHARACTERS

IWnsu hM ....... desip><:d 10 ......, lNlI}' pos­,ibilirit>. fOr acr.o..Jlun::> - JU QIlI)' lI'In<e blniI.'­10~GMs~.1u abo. few lha1.... onJy possitlle ilt Ilw: uniqllC lou! _,elyWapoos arc ..u1ulJited. Wli>'ef:<JIl lOJI'VeiIlInce Isthe tIIlrm. ond prt"Ue transport IS rare and ellpell­

s.i'1' ... 011 of which will complicate ...,nain Il<.l:­

naricJ,; all! ,ltlll'.t: play.... nUl or I~lr roul;nel:~

.JUST A TOURIST1'1_ lballod"'" lOlIIIUK~ "'110 ¥hIR !be

WlrtI ..ill cittIer he ~ IOIIr1SI or III IgeDlIl:lingIil<e ... !OO.IriR. thcIe pb IIool<s "';0 lit inIo .]1I1(lo1.

.., .-j"""IluI",

ENGINE TRCUIiiILEAn alrlmfl SOC' t!()Wn with 1110 pMy ~boatd.

Where it landI.1rld how Iwd. is up to the OM1bI: KamsiiCo hosts _l! m:w win "'-Ift'I ;mn'lI'!­~~a.:lr~_·t_,I!_lNI

eodltra~-... 'In_ OO'dclibax<= action.... inIeIfm:d 1IIllb lbe lirhal'I's CIliwa1it •• to !bepluela'Y Del (Tb.s ""ghl be a COIIsoqot_.upec1<'d or Olherwille.of 1"oddIin,r: tly!he Pes!)

An atdi1ima1 l':I'IfI1JIInri The aufrUI _nullei1 ... .- ot llII _ boo:pitablc: ~f1)'O'1U

onJy~ areas. with 110 conunUDicahl)llI IIld nnWItt ";'Ido:< ""peaed \Ill"- om fordays;.

CROYNE LANDH'I hard to get lIeketl for Droyne Lnnd. but

tM pnrty was inten:lttd, and 1IIoy pc,,~d. andt!o;", t!o;y ~. tOUriJIg. whole Droyl\t commu­ni'y a. T1.t> One of Ibern u~ something inDroync 10 one or Ihc oWvc ~ho.l:>t>.~ A liule.. !tilt:- later, ~ aWIl'f>,ielM d1"Cfti011 !aka pbor.-' \he Droyoo-a:peabo" is yankeod ll'IlO ...~dwdli.... for ... qWcl; ~iew. t...:.!. \Il pri,__wilh .he re<1 of the pany, lie tells tile "Of)'.

BUlcllly.1he Droyne wanl to leave Karnsi;.TIlcir community hAl tw:elt ttl<'''' fur ~cner.ol;nn"and Kam,IIC".o tokes them fM granted ... tile<"Illttntleadcn; [cellike WI! ani......ls on<,\ Wanllo\.lkc.he. ...hole oyuip ><lI.""""IICre d",. n..,yhave: bee.. lalkiTIi 10 Kamsil~t forfr,o"~ about ~,and l\OIhiQ,I; __ 10

hi.ppea The)' aced I.. outside t:OIItatt. They..~....,

AOVENTunes ON KAMSII 25 I

ALTEI=INATE KAMsns

It the pLanet as aesaibed here doeSlI'l exact­ly f,t into the ~mpaigo, or if the pl/l)'Cl1 havebeal'll "h()Il' II "nil need a lIIIte sntprl<le, herel1re tbree diffcl:"nl "takes" on lhe same. basicidea of1bc Them<: Pad \\'orld.

KAMBIl LlOHTKam,i; ... described is " nice place, but

Kamsu Ltglll IS even nicer. t!verytlung herereally is as pure and cleao as il seemJ to be,Any n..<ty srori.,; llun ,he tnIVf'lers h.w· heal'lla~ just that .. , SlorleS. Management isgenuinely benevolent. tbe employee, areham. anll K.m,IICo """ares buge amOllnrs T(I

chanty every year :md stiD shows aprofit.

S"re. Them's "" o<:c:lsion.0.1 covered-llp accidc"',but it'> lIOI a plm fromrhe lOp. Some of itcomes from OVCr

loyal employces,and some or ir i,

jtl"t th.t even the'''''''' media. fur themost part. don'twan I 10 makeKamsii k'oll bad.And in r.cr, theworld reWly is one ofthe safe>! pla~es illCharted Space, becauseKamsiiCo works so hard10 make illhat way.

Ca,refuJ psychological screen_ing gives KlI/1\Sii n poli~ fo= that tntly''hale:; the sin butlovcs the sinner:' They CllJT)'

h!8hlyeO'ec1J.ve but nonle1ltllJ weapon'. Senou<offenders arc simply cxikd from the plllllet,and the computers ill the Sl.alp<l!1 exiLs =os­n~e anybody who anemptl to re1llm, Even thete~, forthe mQ.:!t plllt, leave Komlii olone."fUnw lip ....hI11'1 No, ynu jr!It:. Thllt place is f",.liidJ:'

Thete are no >c.=ret teehnQlogiC,\. Kam:;ii islh'lng pro('If ItIaIthe pure in Ilea". If 'hey ~~'"

enough money and determination, can Pl1ay incontrol withoul1o>iol: !heir ionoe:ence,

W1l8I eould a group of lIdvenmrm do in 11place this nice? They might spend quile a bit oftime looking for a da!t heart of evil that isn't

~, Or I!>ey could~ rooruited to help protectthi.ki~' paradise,

KAMSII DARK1be '1OfW. about Kam.ii are all trllC, and

th~re are WOrse 'to,h~ ,bat Mbody d_~ towhispt(, The decadent rich come to Kamsii 10"r\ioy pleasurel ~. can'l!l"t anywh"te .I$C:.Not jll" drugs and deMuchery. though tho'"lire common, but priVllte EltCna eomb1l15 10 thedcath. hunt. with ,clllieul Vl"y. illcRal \.Kxlymodifications ...

'The "chip" (p. (7) is pUltO some ercntlvenew llSOS. Noble hunters who don't like ri:;kcan ,talk game that roars and ch3lJles but will

never lay a claw on them. And the chipWUlh p"'f""lly well 00 Hum",,,, Ll>J.

Bebind the dead e¥e, and blank~miks of the oervitors i' ... noth­

Ing. Not any more. Jml meal, 10

"'rve the whi"" of the payingp;llC'13 of Kam,ii.

It remains. on the a""rage.a sMe and pleasant place lorotdinary people to visi!. BUIIf yoo're w(} good_lnoklng,and cateh the wrong eye ...well, people vanish,~ ne\l," ""'di. how her·

ter than to try 10 publish anexpos6 of Kamsii. KamsiiCo

hos pull. Many of 11< nohleguest' are qll,te happy 10 coopet-

ate in squashillg any interferencewith rheir pla)'ground. Oll>ers h.ve no

choi~ ... KamsiiCo has /Ql~ of tap"" in itsblackmail 'lIUIIi. Strephon him>elf i, di,g~t­

.d ""Ith the world, but is forced to tokmte it asa safety vnlve for the worst element. of thenobility, And the halll-lolle, family i~ politi·cally quite reliable; Karnsii is a hellhole, bulit's a hellhole rhlIt's completely loyal 10 the.tatus lilli),

Adventuren might come to Kwuii Oark. r""n number of reasons, DOne of them en:rli!ab"",TIteR: il; always illlIit;ue lIIUUtRl au<l 'Wi~tin ~lC

haUl_lanes family: anyone of five dique~

migbl WilIIt to hire an agtllt or assassin. ADdIloce again there will be blood <Ill the ~asinn

floocs, or <Ill the m'dway.

CcmJillJU'd M nat page .•

26 AOVENTURES ON KAMSII

e"el"'/ one of ibo~ cllUlI,ruulKb lJ4Ii beenttampbl fl3I 1be~ are as wMc: &'I ever,bul dlo pbIce of oltillioo picnic$lloIl3 in AD<lout .ilh tile lido.

HOle brud. In lhe crowded, UI11tlllg

........... ~ The rebels t..-..: IlIIIhiDIlIO Ioote. bul'bey bot_e D<.Ilbil1i 10 ... ill. eiiher Crime i....erywttr... \l1li f.... (illite lQlIrlS\S baYe ID'J

more mOney... .......A f of lite

)'O\lD&Cr bauI­

J~ dTUrll 111citaJl&ing 1ItiItp,bul ibcir eldell3te aU wwlun,tbemsel"CS 10dcaih, 10~1 illdcpre~sion, orsp~ndinll lheirme~i:CI aUuw'an~u on whalliule ihird·raleIUAury 110; wurkJ'till has to offer,

No self·

''''''''''~ rrn...III" hernes IO'OOId vi<ii ibi' Karns;; ""thoui Igood rel$On They migbl be looking for arIllll....ay. II'lockini: dow.. a llup: nr\.l, mlkln,.. mlUWlIl' COltl<\ct •• bIli Iftcy wouJdn', behere- for fUll.

ALTERNATE KAMSIIS

CCONTINUIiiO)

KAMell DIRTY GRAY

NOl lhe ,ray of moral ambiguily rbi'Karma CIIl'tItronlIII) 1l>OPb. all, not even;lI11b,pow. one, Tbi> IS tile: pay <'If aJ\C, oflte~a) ....r l~ul1<Jry tdl uo<Jooe for a ..cry...-And it AID Io.1cs -=yon.. ......,L04 51lb-WiaU IilIm briI:liill.~y~lem bUll.lftdI of "'0.......ur YaClliuner. al1ay - rot n Ilt\U

IC>Cm1IO becacaJPl'~'I 00 lTIfIIlC)'.._­. . • dK:n:'s not evenenough In mlln.taln .... okl_lions. Everythinl,ell a linl", bllulder and liN:lter""1;') yell, Acti·~enl' .,en't cov·ered up. They'r.001 even ncw~, It'~

wh~1 yoo c_peetfrom KMn,ii.

The animal Cll"l,,~l ~y>lt:1II ........ DeVtO" tleYel­oped, bul!l <loesn'1 maltel'. Hansen's bear ISeXlinel. olon& wiib most of the utbcr /WiveLaoJ SIJC'-Q, i111: llUl'\bl:fn f='<IS I.,,,..e httnCtII ioeo lUll) mIllion Imle campgrowto:ls. and

CONSULTANTSbMit necdi .........~ of 0Ul>idc <lOll­

suhJlllS Illd c:xpem.li tl-.y IWlt mtirdy lMt off·plI.... hlrchlllS. but In qtIi~ URd 10 dea.I.Ln&_.-.BRINO 'EM BACK AuVE

New .nrarnons n:quire inlCreolUt~ animaI~,

lIIId SQllklimes these are !llmeull to come: by.you·...., been blred by Kam.i; iO go 10 a ReliZone world lI'Ill rtViel'C acvaaI bfcalin~ pamI orlilt c;pcdally nil? Anilt'Ul Perhap!; lite 'I""'i'" IS<acred 1O.1oc:al ntligioll, wlIo won', ttIo: kindlyIU oIf·""'lIld Wlbelieven k.idMwiJl~ 0"'111.

CROYNE LANO II'11ti., it -re~ You Uow OW"

DrO)'Dt' Laud auraciu.? lJ.Ji YI:T)' pq:IIllar. weoouId II!lI fI1ur tmtes • mmy belre\$. 8\11 .... ·Naboui 10 llave 10 doac iI. The Dmyoo: wanl 10bve. Tb:)o ....., o/IjIbnl:ll:Olll:ll1.,...c !hey'Fe

abo:u 1O.use a P-iok. And tbey'te fne ,. I'~ CIofl'I......v!hem like II be... No. flO. )'011

",i~uItlleM.illtlf We tInn'l wan, ynu 10 cltanaeIftelr nunds. How can roo CbiOge a Dmyne',nund1 No, 'IYC """'I )'01110 lind UJ 5<ImC l1lI:R

Droync. There are Dm>'"" all ~. lbe IItace.1ben: mUit be a lew O)Ynpin who noeed a newpl~ 10 Ii¥(.. fInd us some Droync who lIeKll/ll<Il'lYre l'C"f'I<':. 01<,)'''''

AOVENTURES ON KAMSII 27

UNDERCDVER

ESCAPADESMany timei, ot <:oIltie, adventut·

er; will be hired l{l do iomethingKamsliOl ooesn'(~ of,

INCUSTRIAL Spy

Karnsii ha:; a gxeal many il(1vanee<1lCehniques il docsn't iiharo wlth the resI

uf the Imperium, starlin\: with 0", "chip"(p. 17). BUI the ullra-controlled nalure of theworld ml\kc, it ~C1)' hurd just to walk in and .tart..ding inrtOCenl questions. One way to get theinformalion would b<\ to find a chipped arumal,remove the chip, deactivate it somehow withoutdes'tmying it. and smuggle il offworld. Anotherway would be l{llak~ lhe wl>ol~ anuMI. !lUI howdo yon .leal a monster without being ltOli<:cd?

Eco·TERRORISM"Yuu k."uw ",hat lI",y oJ" lu Ill<: lI"imaJ. 011

that WQfkl, don't yon? In re>'Olling. We need togel our learn into one of the wilderness 1ll"ClI.'l,

fllll.! as I1lll1lY b~, f,erct: pn:Uatu" as we call. a"oJfree them from tho>e blasted chip'. Let 'em tJyto

<:<:>VCr up when a noek of lOUristi gets calen bylio"" ... Whal? Well. nurIC uf lJIlr 1=11 ha' anyexperience m ... martial things, We nttd some:­one to .muulc onr equipmenl onlo lbe "'Odd,k",p "",urity "ff our bocks while we "perale onlhe an,mali, that k,nd of thins. They have noriRhl 10 lreat livin!: crealure. thi, way - here,look aI mi, photo of the Hansen', hear ..• matkid i~ ~hoving: sticks up lhe poor lhlns'~ no'e,and lite chip has it paralyzed ... "

THIii REPORTIiiiRA lot of people can', belie""

that Karnsii is as clean as ilseem, Ul ~. Olhe" haw itfor Its control. O!Ilers hote IIb"""....e it":10 dean. Any of

/ these mighl be a rea'on toh <end a reporter to Kllmsll todig up some din,

A team of rq>Orters 000 ph<>.togr-apheol h,.. been a.~igned to So

to Kam~ii and follow up a ~10f)' of apassenger jeI crash. Allegedly (here were no sur­vivors, but th .'ory wa, killed by KamsijSecurily.

IIAs alG As MvTHUMBI II

Kamsii's history has been shaped by itsalmo'IIOUlII""k of useful mineral dcJlO'i~, Andsome p"opt...jn.t can't !:Jr.Jjeve thRlt"""", rMlrynothing there. Whal', going on in the dooed off~<;tiOltsof ~>e world?

The. party~ a down..:on_hi<-lnck typ" in a,tltrpOrt bar on another planet. He offe.... lhemhalf the profits if they'U get him to a speciftedmounlain ""'a1ion on Kam'it _ right in lhe mid_dle of a l~rge area where no fool lraffic i,a110W<:\l. H~ slRlWS ~>e1l1 a hug~ rdw ell>erald IIIIdtalks about how """'y more are Just lylIlg thereThon he doesn', moke the Karn,;i rendezvous,n",y llCYOr hear fru'" him a¥ain. Whal l!o thoydo? (Po.;,ible twist l!', 0 setup. The actor withlhe emerald was hired by some old foos, andmll,e same lJloJ f"", Iul"e passe<.J tl"'ir dl:><;riplillllto Kamsu as armed, dangerous tn:spassen;.)

28 ADVENTURES ON KAMSII

Shooting TroubleTIlt ICan'lsIITroub~ iIll: a~·Qed.

ie;ued group. . dt'd",...ro to lll<1T ..'OlkI. "-'!be:!JouI-Ma fllmil).1u lIE f'amil)·.al...... o.al nf~I\. IdeaJIsts CMI be ""}' rulbloeq,

1'wclYc)'CaIS ....... m. C;"1r <dl cane 10~~ b. g t .. pi""" ~l!leIr

"'bt'tubout~ ""'d a pvtlli d<:.cnp""ll ."".-cd il 011 10 K..-nsii~,

Sccufily went tbIou&b lCJlIl)yll:> ...r:;lllm.lJCI'J'O" dill and fOUDd JJ1 _ employeesv.ilo h3d erured !be: pI;lnot during !be: puI ye.­nl_... <bcripOOo,. II Wullc••i*b ---.ll\lIl-dme IIlODilOlUlg 0I1hei. hVllli quamn.1beirQffic:e$. and lbeir pmonal~.

O>oa the flt:IIt " ...IIh. ru..r ur IlllMl~.eel' AId Of did Iltmg< _ fo<:\Is«l Scaonry ...t!>em, -.d the T".i k± •• OJ tDO"'Cd ill. £ad>

NOBLES~ of noble:> come he,e 10 p/I)o. ur ......""'.

"-II _!me, !here ore other re_. A noblemiGhI alJO visit Karnsii on Imperial bo$ineso, l<l

~ucst COOj)CflltiO<l of """"' lyl'C rNlll 1110:: luIut­J01le1 f~mlly II might ~ f:lm,ly CullUleU. or at!he be"'t of. compnny, Nobk: .i3iton alWI,)'>~ct sptCial treatment. and special antntion a.<;

-"CINOERELLA

y"". nob~ p;won has fallen madly on lovewilb lame"", ... mel .... Kamsli - bncny. duriq;• \1II1Y· He ro.qa: 110 FI-'" "'""'" Yl'II' joh i< 11<1

lillcl .... 'IlId <leu-. his~. CampI......;r-n mit;tw: iocluclc:

• AD ulWill& SigIliflclnt 0ITw• Shes I Kml$iiCo empIoycc: Mel dae$n·l

_1I01enc:.• Her family '-l; hiS tlImlly (no fIIr IIIfIIing

ber MJuh.''''.• She il .....nted crimio.lIi"dului.1

'l')'llmer....:ll... IMOri<l.

emplo)'CC: W15 called III for rnedio;:alleSlS ipas.sibk exP"'Wl' to 0IIpri mila"'), kDO..-ke.1 OUt,~ c""mic.1l1) lnlm-ogalnl. The foanh (lOP

_an la8G",.,~'b:::a1lc left the clll<il;. be ...... fllll..' ..uN

for sipI JIDd iOUlld O>rer tile nonlU~.the Troub1eslloalefs idcnli+">c:d r.- 0thcT cdlIIlH'Jixonllld QIIC SIafpM axDCI. and lIMedIbem.~ _ ""y DIlrwIg IlRt; trrno.~ ceU3lIerIIploOd e- bambillp; the: Troo..............."araap r", WIll IIlIbo:m w fllliby~'"

Wbon IWO manlhs went by WJllI 110 IIlrtheroontoa.!be: Tmubk:>hoatcn IItllncd~ upthe «:11 member!, They we", ,ul>jocled mehemical interrogation. wbjeeted to ptIysicalinterro~lltion, killed. and lbe bodies di~J)OfC<I

"L One further l'OllUlCl '""" dlscl<W.C<1 rl>l! ,""y,and also dealt WIth. unly lite cell leader waskfl alive: be Will certain lIw his ,...,....ival WIllWe w 1>15 """n IftQUIMlM.

Four yuniller. II. Gf\IW~ Ihtecll leader __ in thrc:c: IllOOC pc:oplc. TheTmub~ pIoIC lhm'olhe same "e>mlltOlOne 01"'" _bIIl'lEn biEw ...... I bil.lnllhe_ hmied lMf to IrnpaW 11IIdli&mce wheo1Ulmi1_ !hfl'ru&lI.iIlllrim

'!be oelIloa<;Ior .. still ...-oc !'or more ..{"'...."IEW. bullnc vi,.. bosa't bcaI t.d.

RAPTURI!! OF THE DEEP

For ""me jlCl .....lIIli.io, Kw""i ~1Ill be verycompell,ng. The pl~ I>as a $mall namber ofwe.1Ithy "1atuJ eaters

M that do noIltill,l; Cut enjoylite workl's alb'lIr:tions ... and spend the familyf(ll'UJne. YO\Ir job is 10 go to Kam." and lfteh Iyounger rcla,lve (who h. fallen vietim toK....,.,ii', l'hWllIll t.a:k 1>:.""". f'm.u<;ding tdm 101ft"" may "" I el1a!....S": wnpons "'" proIubll.ed, and it will ... difficulr to bribe your ....y (lUI

vI IIIJ' LqJn !IIIUllli<lns.

PARTY LIKIi ITIS

13519:y""',,, 1M advu.cc lOCa for I IIObk wlto

...... m arraneo I J'ri¥-e f'II'IJ ht .- c. lhe~ VIllic-. He', a1W1)'$..-d 10 be~ Anhur.1nll )'OU'-.c bc:cn .......itb • bu&cupc:n.e vm,chfr ,.. mike II III hlpPf...Unfonunalely. he daesn·l ......... a d..e lIbaut!be:rt:aI Middle ....ltCS.llld the AUIbmtieists do .••

AaVFNTUIHS DN KAMSII 29

BODVGUARDEiF.ve~ n~. pl"~P.T a, ..fp.", Ka"1<II, rhp.

wealthy or noble will have bodyguards, You'llh..>e 10 depend 00 unarmed martio1..rn,IIowc>-­er, And remember, lhe world is full of peoplewith urumned oombat training, and they all carrycadi"" Th, i. fine~, Ioni '" riley thinl< YOU'll'the good guy .

THE COUSINSYou ate hill'd to guard a p;lir of ,porled youll£

nobles on vacation, The older one is convi~ced

rha!!here mll'r be some real v~~~ onthis planet, and he-, going to do what...."r it take.to find it. The y<JUlll:Cf boy WlUlt, 10~ where hI.idolized ~r OOllSin <Joe" And til. younger Oll"

i, the heir to the litle, SO the older boy ,M'\ (andieTluincly <Ioe>n't w:tJ" 10) jU<l dump him , , ,

LAST WISHYoo are family reLoi""", for a~ e~y """Ie,

paying a lilSt visit to the Karnsil resort whe~ hemet hi, late, beloved wife, Over dinner one nighl,hi, olll hp."" fall', Ir', qnl!p.. ,nllllen and vP.ryflllill.

Now)'QU have a Icrrible problem, He had di.­,",still, Wilh yOll, hal!_joi<lngly; he dldn'l thinkit would really h.ppe~, Bur everyone who diesOIl Kamsii is cremated as SOOIl as possible, Andrhe Baron intends to be buried io hi, familycrypt, with 12 generation, of n~ce,torS, His son,

the new Btuoo, will be V<:l)' up"t with you ifKam,ji redlllr.l his fatheT If) ashe" MII,e impor­lantro you' tilt QId Hanm W(mted to /><1 t!«nM athome, You have to make thar happen, nut bow?.~oon yo", rna"er', l>oIIy will he coni ennnghthat hi, KamsiiCard will report a problem

TROUBLESHOOTERSA few doztTl people in Karnsii security make

up the elite Troubleshooters, These are peoplewhn have pm,,"n rh/\lr lnyally rn rM Cnmpany.and to tho Guests, over and over 'gam", peoplewho are .lnart and able '" well as lo)'~l , , , pe0­

ple whn Can he trusted 10 break the n'les fOf thegreater good Dr Karnsii, without going bOO,

THE DEFECTORA mid-level technician went 011 vacation off­

planer (which is slightly .Iuspicioo! in it\Cll) .and vanished, Th~ problem i', he worked in thewildlife ~on, lie had acCC'l' to chip rechnok>­Iff, There are Indications thaI ccmfidemlaJ flieswe", copied in the wecl: before he left, Go off­world, find him, and dcaI with him: thar technol­ogy in The wrong h~nds would be ~ di..",.,.,

HIVER LANeYour 00<. ha. come 10 fear that the mhabi_

tant, of "Hiver Land" "'" part of !lOme lon~-lcTm

scheme _ (XIS.,ibly a scheme direcu.d againsr theImperium, or even all Human,ti _ and Karnsn i.

tho dupe, But how do you inl'eSligare alie/lS?

KAMsn COMESTO You

Even if the compaign is set fur from Core sec­tor, KamsiiCo can ifi involved.lt's a bi!: compa­ny with far-reaching mlerests . , ,and il's one ofrhe dnV<:rs of the Imperium'. populnr culture,Evt:r)"JII" h,,, lJt:anl t>f Kllm,ii,

PATRON OR EMPLOVERKarnsliCo, or lIS faHraveling employees, can

provide inreresting jobs, on. one-$hol or contin­uing basi>, Typico1."iiflI\lell\$llliiht include,

• Bring hade info 011 rome life_form. (MaybeKlIrnsii wants it for. zoo, Mn)'be it'~ infesting an<uroJoiy and they lIttd 10 kill il.)

• Bring ba<:k a ~pedmen> or several speci_men', or a shipful.

• Loca", and coll",t wn", al'tifoct,• Get Tri-D footage ohome narUt2l artraetion.

30 ADVENTU~ES ON KAMSll

• Gel Tri D fOQlQj;e of Q com;>cI­in.I: 1lI1lIlKmc:nl f<lt,;ilily.

• fInd III e1pt1l on Nbjecl X.• IlIW$ligate this per.tOiII for "',

aDd don'l til wby. ("menll.1""",k»ee7 P\lIIenti:al O""lf'""'klr ardreat1 PolcntIII $llOUSC fa" • mcm­bel~ Ib= ndiJlc doB?)

ANTAGONISTTlo4 ...y of 1M a_ ...

and IUm II aro'lDd. The employccs(lIMi.O'boln ar hdding) of Kamoii -lI)in& 10do one or tbose IlI.jn~. and you need 10 JlOpOom.

NEW KAMSI!Clwttd S~ate i.l bill. The """allh~ ell" lI1lvd

.., 'hl:~ 1Il:e,~"" come '0 Kam.sii from e-.'eI')' sec_

!Of .•• bul~ rnKIcIJKl"'l v'sil(&"o ~1llI proviUl:!hi! ......-k! .• tnad and _ <'20'1 al'f«d lhal. SoKamWCo is 6:l<p<lOdiog its horizons. 11'.1ookiIl&

fora _1loIc: -W. weD Play fn.m Cm:.111 tomInlO a second~. l1ley need _r0o-

m! 00ll5I.llwlIs - "'<:I"<....bl) irdcpCllOOIIhwiIb dle.-OWII $hip -Ill dIfck 0lIl !Il'IIlle

pombohlXS lOcI pcuLbly ......~.Ill: ror l!lcm.Al~ D:a: The~ IlIli1td

by aoocbn~ tlIal __ 10l'CXIII"Ch Karn.;i. ~IC iu hronnula- roc

pl_widr; r.mty emrnaimnmI.. and ~ Ill' II.0W1I pleasure woOd. (Of COUl'Se, ir Kamsii pel

wind or this, it llIlIy waDI 10 stop~~. , • bu.l iI. mi&ht jtl"1 n1fer m"""" it< eJlpel'Tbe fora piece of the aeMn.) This could Ium into awhole campaign, IIlltmalini SC<:rct-4itnl &/IIIIU00 Kamsll wllll. fmn!l~r etrlorn'iM and boNd·roomdoub~aILng.

....".\ MI. 12.26.28.AII1r::I.9.1A..AteI. ,-,3,".An!mIIlXlIllroI. see CIUp.A~.IO.27

Altlao:_,I7·20....whtNil:M~ 14, 18,

2-1,29B~hirt,3.4.

D&&hdad.8.('~oon •. 19.20.CharGcul,.,.23.ClUp. l6. 20. 26. 28. 30.COI1lputerl,14,19,23.Crime, 11,23,2'1.Crirne.27.DIoyDe, 25, 27.Ecology,16.23,28Econuollic>. 11.21.Eatimoa,S.Ew11ily, 10.12.F.,wy bt.:. ".FifthF,_w...,21.FiIbm., 18, 19.flI.ollwc WIkHt. 20. 21.Fourtll~w., 21.FIIU)' Boomcr1, 20, 21.Gona and Viij.~Uo¥emme:uI, II.Grandma. 20.

0.-ScnS:c In<b.. l~ .GuHls.IS,24.HanIm'1 bcc.8.16. IS, 27,281lIul-~.3.S.7.

HIUBr)', 5-7.H....:n,9.22.30.HUIllUl&,18.Impmal Navy, J.lno;:Givu,29; _also

nrmrl.m.Jadul SUIpJrt, 3, 10, 15,22,Jobs, 14, 15, 19,30.JumfHI map. IRC.JUrl\JXl table. 32.KtlINii Kilb, 20.Kam~liCatd, In. 12. 13.14.22.Kamsut'o. 7,JO.JI.I..onc. N'".,tR.S.M"nlUiu",.~

M3mal ..., 19,24,30Molliniac. 25.:n I« tJblJ

"""""'''''N_parb,l7.N..,., _ l~rioI NuYy.New~.Jl.

NobIe$.,S. II, 13,29.0ceaiu;.16.Paso J>aeo. 9.Plwtngcrlincn, 14,24.p.,l(aVIl>.:lO.

Po"."". Goesls. II, 16I'lac>m_ Defclnwt, 13.I"I.Dwry map. IfC

-,"PbliIJl:a,21.Pritom. H. 13.I'lqraganda,21.Psoonics,2O.RultotMlIll. S.Soou{~,].

Solomani Rim Wor. 22.Soove"i,~,19.

Slarport, Ut J<>d:,l.Sla/tOWn, 22.Su.pcrt>UVi.l?"TloIlotl.9Tec:bnoIogy, 3. 17,21.22.T~tnpliUo:s.23.T."".ws,26,TI.ThtRI Fnlolia-w•. 21.T~15.

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T~, 13, 29, 30.U~~._MtmItJJ.....VlkJop,8.WelpIiot. '. 24. nWelcome, 15,22.Xbom.3.7'hovbni.21

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